As a proportion of the population, the federal workforce ______.

A. has increased sharply since 1990
B. grew sporadically and sharply from the 1870s until the New Deal period
C. shrank sharply during both the World Wars
D. shrank from the 1950s until the onset of the War on Terror


Answer: D

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