Block Grants Were Begun in the Late 1960s by the Nixon

Block grants were begun in the late 1960s by the Nixon Administration to accomplish which of the following?

A) Increase the amount of control that the federal government would have over federal money spent by state and local governments.
B) Increase the overall size and responsibility of the federal government.
C) Offset recent gains that state government had made vis-à-vis national authority.
D) Diminish the amount of federal money going to state and local governments.
E) Reduce federal government power to better fit Republican ideas about the proper role of government