What has been the dominant idea in the American South and West in the

What has been the dominant idea in the American South and West in the second half of the twentieth century?

A) Power and wealth located in the East threatens the individual liberty of southerners and westerners.
B) Western values shaped American history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; southern values will shape the nation in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
C) Both regions are heavily dependent on federal spending and are in no position to challenge the national government.
D) The two regions are in competition to dominate national power and the national economy.

ANSWER
A