Which Time Period Is NOT Associated with an Increase in the Size

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which time period is NOT associated with an increase in the size of the federal bureaucracy?

• A) Era of Good Feelings, about 1816-1824
• B) Progressive Era, early 1900s
• C) New Deal Era, 1930s
• D) Great Society period, mid-1960s to mid-1970s
• E) post-9/11 period, 2000s

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