The policy being described is known as New Federalism.
This political ideology implemented by Richard Nixon was developed with the goal of giving states back more power. Nixon felt that the federal government had become too large in scope thanks to policies like the New Deal during the 1930's. In order to change this cycle, Nixon implemented this new federalism idea so that states can have more control over funds that would be used towards solving social issues.
The "Apostle of Burma" is the American missionary Adoniram Judson.
He was born in Massachusetts.
He arrived in Burma (today: Myanmar, mostly a Buddhist country with a Muslim minority) in 1813 after having been a missionary in India. It took him first years to achieve the first convert.
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