Federalism is a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system. Its distinctive feature, first embodied in the Constitution of the United States of 1789, is a relationship of parity between the two levels of government established.
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Given no context as to what "border states" are, I am going to assume you are referring to the states that marked the border between the union and confederacy during civil war times. I believe that these states were as follows, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia as it separated from Virginia at this time.