13th Amendment Federalism

“Federalism is defined as division of political powers between a central and regional governments such as states or provinces, with both levels of government acting directly on the people” (Mason, 2012). The Tenth Amendment originated because of federalism. Because of the influence and persistence of the Anti-Federalists and their allies, the addition of the Tenth Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1787. Concerns expressed with the proposal of federalism was that power was not equally distributed by the Constitution.
The Tenth Amendment was written to underline the limited nature pf the powers that was delegated to the federal government. With specific powers delegated to the federal government, the states and people were free to continue