Read About the Branches of State Government

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The national government and the state governments of the United States work together to help its citizens the citizens of the United States.

They The national government and the state governments of the United States share powers.

Sharing powers is called federalism, and it Sharing powers is an important part of the United States Constitution.

The Constitution of the United States gives the rules for its government the government of the United States .

It The Constitution of the United States says that the national government must share power with the state governments.

This saying that the national government must share power with the state governments means that states have important responsibilities.

States have to take care of their the states' citizens.

States have different ways of doing this taking care of their citizens.

That States having different ways of taking care of their citizens is because each state has different issues.

Here In the next few sentences are two examples.

In California agriculture is important, but sometimes it does not rain there in California.

Because of this the fact that sometimes it does not rain in California, water conservation is very important in California.

Wisconsin is famous for its Wisconsin's dairy farming.

Protecting livestock is an important issue there in Wisconsin.

California has a constitution, and so does Wisconsin Wisconsin also has a constitution.

The constitutions of California and Wisconsin say how their governments the governments of California and Wisconsin are supposed to work.