Progressive States Rights: The Forgotten History of Federalism

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted a series of programs and reforms in 1933 called the New Deal to expand the government’s role within the economy.

The years before the New Deal shaped American states’ rights; the U.S. was a traditionally powerful national government prior to the New Deal. Then, the government shared power with the states.

Sean Beienburg, an author and Associate Professor at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, dives into the forgotten history of federalism within America and the progressive states’ rights.

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