Question

Plzzzz could someone help me with a history question, no one is helping me in the other subject!

Answer 1

The Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act was passed in 1974. Under this act, states would only get federal highway funding if they set a speed limit of 55 mph on all four-lane highways. Why would the federal government deny funding the states instead of just directly setting the speed limit?
The federal government wanted to better allocate money by cutting down on highway funding.
State legislatures were not likely to reduce the speed limit to 55 mph on their own.
States were thought to have the right to regulate their own intrastate highways.
Studies by the federal government indicated that driving 65 mph was unsafe.

Answer 2

The Federal government doesn't have the power to regulate the speed limit on state roads, but I don't know about interstate highways.

The Federal government does have the power to spend highway money anyway they want to spend it. Since the Feds wanted to conserve energy and gas, they were essentially bribing the states to reduce the speed limits to 55 mph.

So to me the answer is either the second or the third one.

If I had to choose one, I would choose the second one.

I think the Federal government can set the speed limit on the interstate highways, but they need the state highway patrol to enforce the law.