Which Action Is an Example of a President Expanding the Office

question 97

Multiple Choice

Which action is an example of a president expanding the office of the presidency and the scope of the federal government as a whole?

• A) Thomas Jefferson's scaling-back of economic planning efforts
• B) Lyndon B. Johnson's implementation of the Great Society
• C) Ronald Reagan's tax cuts and decrease in social spending
• D) George Washington's rejection of interventionist policy

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