The New Deal and Great Society programs gave the national government increased responsibility and authority to provide programs and services to citizens. Beginning in the 1980s many of the services provided by the federal government were relinquished to the state governments. This process is known as
a. deregulation.
b. devolution.
c. privatization.
d. reinvention.
e. revolution.
Question 2
Eliminating government oversight and regulation concerning certain activities, resulting in less government intervention, is referred to as
a. bureaucracy.
b. downsizing.
c. outsourcing.
d. deregulation.
e. privatization.
Figure 7.1 shows the rapid decline in the trust of Americans in government since the 1960s. This de
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