CHAPTER 3 – Which of the following is a proper definition of New Federalism?

A  By the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society in 1964, virtually all problems confronting America were declared to be national problems. The Supreme Court no longer concerned itself with the reserved powers of the states and the 10th Amendment lost most of its meaning.

B  Supreme Court ended all pretense of constitutional protection of state power in its 1985 Garcia decision. The court declared that there were no constitutionally protected state powers and that the only protection given the states is in congressional and presidential elections.

C  The development of a national economy, the income tax, two world wars and the Great Depression all combined to end the strict distinction between national and state concerns.

D  The states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. The national government concentrated its attention on the delegated powers while the states decided the important domestic policy issues.

E  Efforts to return power and responsibility to states and communities. Led to reducing state and local dependency on federal revenues and return powers to states and communities through the consolidation of categorical grants into block grants.