By the 1930s the federal bureaucracy had grown significantly. In response, President Roosevelt in 1936 created the Brownlow Commission. What was the purpose of this commission?
a. to identify funding sources in order to expand the federal government’s reach
b. to investigate ways in which the president could circumvent the powers of Congress
c. to reduce the number of federal agencies
d. to investigate how to make the growing bureaucracy more efficient and more responsive to the president
e. to expand U.S. military powers throughout Europe and Asia
ANS: D
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