Supreme Court decisions during the late 1930s and early 1940s tended to
a. eliminate social welfare programs.
b. expand upon the Tenth Amendment.
c. favor a return to confederalism.
d. increase the power of the federal government.
e. reaffirm states’ rights.
ANS: D
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