Praxis II Government/Political Science Exam Prep

Answer: D - Major shifts in the scope of federalism were caused by conflicts between republics and totalitarian nations, states failing to protect civil rights, and the failure of capitalist economies to avoid major collapses. Conflicts between republics and totalitarian nations, states failing to protect civil rights, and capitalist economies failing to avoid major collapses have all caused major shifts in the scope of federalism. States failed to protect civil rights during the changes brought on during the Civil War; Capitalist economies failed to avoid major collapses during the Great Depression; conflicts between republics and totalitarian nations occurred during the Cold War era.