Download or read book Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: 9-12: National Versus State Government written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids features information on federalism, the type of government system used by the United States. Federalism means that the power is shared between the national and state governments. The topics covered include the powers allotted the national and state governments, as well as the powers denied the national and state governments. This information is intended to be used with high school civics classes. Ben's Guide is a service of the Superintendent of Documents within the U.S. Government Printing Office.