The correct answer is B. It has caused spending by interest groups to increase. Since the ruling, multi-billion corporations and other interest groups have funneled unprecedented amounts of money to the parties or politicians that are susceptible to further their interests via the Super PACs (that are not allowed to spend money directly in the politicians' campaigns but can spend unlimited amounts of funds independently and in favor of the party/politician of their choice).
Well it varied according to time and place but,
<span>Many military personnel who opposed their regime would be killed and political opponents and thousands of others who spoke out against them were sent to the Gulag, a high security labor prison where many died during or shortly after release.</span>
The answer should be casualty.........