The Federal Reserve System was created in the early 1900s in an effort to decentralize the central bank. The founders did not want one central bank located in New York or Washington, DC, so they formed a system with 12 district banks. The second reason for the Federal Reserve System was that communication and transportation were much slower and less efficient than today. In an effort to maintain control and offer assistance to member banks, it was necessary to disperse Federal Reserve facilities across the country.
BOTH. They have to at least tell you what the test is on.
Empress Alexandra became increasingly unpopular with the Russian people because of her relationship with Rasputin.
<u>Explanation</u>
Alexandra and Rasputin's relationship was mostly based on her son's illness (he had hemophilia).
However, Russian people didn't like this because they believed that they were having an affair and that Rasputin was the one controlling Russia and not Alexandra.
America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts, hospitals, and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected, abused, and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers.
<span>The United States has focused its efforts on the criminalization of drug use and trafficker's coming from Mexico. The government has spent billions of dollars trying to get rid the supply of drugs coming into our country. These intervention efforts and law enforcement attempts to control the drugs have not been successful nor have they met with decreases in the availability of drugs in America. There are actually more drugs now than ever before! Apart from being super expensive, drug law and drug enforcement has been counterproductive, it does not work. Our current drug laws need to be reviewed and revamped so that they are more effective or are a deterrent to those to bring drug into the US. The United States needs to shift spending from law enforcement and penalization to education, treatment, and prevention.</span>
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3. The increased cost associated with the use of advanced technologies in modern American political campaigns has an impact on both the type of candidate likely to run as well as the type of candidate likely to win campaigns for elective office in the United States.
4. The use of advanced technology has increased the cost of modern political campaigns.