What Did the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, Pushed

question 76

Multiple Choice

What did the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, pushed through Congress by Andrew Mellon, create?

• A) chaos in the federal budget process due to its extremely partisan nature
• B) a series of economic changes totally at odds with the progressive desire for efficiency
• C) an end to states' budgets in favor of federal budgets alone
• D) sweeping tax increases in such a way that severely hurt the working poor
• E) a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget

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