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End of Dual Federalism
The general consensus among scholars is that Dual Federalism ended during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency in 1937       when the New Deal policies were decided constitutional by the Supreme Court. Industrialization, economic modernization, and conditions surrounding the Great Depression elevated commerce to a more national level, so there was an overlap in the powers of the Federal government and the states. The Federal government, using the Commerce Clause, passed national policies to regulate the economy. This led to the Federal government and the states working together more, ending the era of Dual Federalism and moving America into Cooperative Federalism. However, political scientists have argued different theories concerning the end of Dual Federalism. As opposed to a clear transition from Dual Federalism to Cooperative Federalism, some political scientists say there was a much more complicated relationship between the states and the Federal government. Rather than a competition for power, the powers of the state and federal government change according national political movements and their agendas; a dynamic that existed both before and after the New Deal. Other political scientists see Dual Federalism ending much earlier than the New Deal; Daniel Elazar argues that there was substantial cooperation among the states and federal government beginning in the 19th century, leading up to the Civil War and several political scientists assert that starting from the 1870s and throughout the Progressive Era, the Federal government and states worked together to create national policies.

Bibliography for Further Reading
Williams, Norman (August 2007).The Commerce Clause and the Myth of Dual Federalism UCLA Law Review.