During the Reagan Administration

question 46

Multiple Choice

During the Reagan administration,

• A) little was done to reduce federal power and return authority to the states despite that being a goal.
• B) federal welfare programs were transferred to the states to administer.
• C) block grants were stopped in favor of categorical-in-aid grants.
• D) spending authority gradually returned to states, though the size of the federal government increased.
• E) many policies concerning the states enacted by President Carter were overturned.

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