1. Germany kept on attacking passing merchant ships and passenger ships with submarines.
2. Germany wanted to be in an alliance with Mexico, which made the U.S. worry they were going to be attacked.
Maintaining a competitive business environment is an important role of government in the economy.
Answer: On March 4, 1789, the first group of elected senators reported for duty. From 1789 to 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, senators were elected by state legislatures. Beginning with the 1914 general election, all U.S. senators have been chosen by direct popular election.
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