Which power of state legislatures is being described in this excerpt from the text book?
in short, that extraordinarily broad authority is the power to safeguard the welfare of the people of the state, and it is the basis for much of the state legislatures do.

a. the apportionment power
b. the constituent power
c. the police power
d. the statutory power

the correct answer is to reduce tax

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.

d. it gave farmers a way to organize for more political power