Richard Nixon's New Federalism

question 31

Multiple Choice

Richard Nixon's New Federalism:

• A) proposed a decrease in funding for Social Security.
• B) called for a reduction in all government spending and a balanced budget.
• C) proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit.
• D) demanded that the federal government administer all aid, even on the local level.
• E) proposed that no new federal agencies be created.

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Definitions:

Expectations

Beliefs or forecasts about what will happen in the future or about how someone should behave.

Social Categorization

The process of classifying individuals into groups based on shared characteristics such as race, gender, age, etc.

Innately Programmed

Characteristics, behaviors, or instincts that are hard-wired into an organism at birth.

Self-fulfilling Prophecies

Predictions that directly or indirectly cause themselves to become true.