During class, there was discussion about whether the law regarding the minimum age one must be to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages was a state law or federal law.You learned that it was a state law, even though most states in the country set the age at twenty-one (21).What does the federal government do in order to encourage the states to keep the drinking age at twenty-one (21)?

a. The Federal Government will decrease the amount ofalcoholic beverages a state maysell each year if thestate's drinking agehas beenset to an age below21.

b. This is a trick question...the Federal Government does notprovide any funding to thestatesfor them to build and maintain highways.

c.The Federal Government determinesthe amount offunding a state will receive to build and maintainthestate's highwaysbased onwhether the drinking agehas beenset at 21 years old.

d. The Federal Governmentincreases the dollar ($) amount ofstate highwaytolls ifthe state's drinking agehas beenset to an age below21.