What Was One of the Major Arguments in Favor of Devolution

question 165

Multiple Choice

What was one of the major arguments in favor of devolution?

• A) A substantial majority of Americans believed that state governments were more effective and more trustworthy than the national government.
• B) A large portion of Americans said that they wanted state governments to do less and have the national government take over most of the states' roles.
• C) Americans during the Great Depression no longer believed that the government in Washington could manage the entire nation.
• D) The Articles of Confederation could not control the country, so they needed to be scrapped and rewritten.
• E) The Civil War Amendments were not strong enough, so the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was created to replace them.

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