The main responsibility of the Federal Reserve System is ______.
A. making all travel arrangements for nonmilitary government personnel
B. making monetary policy
C. making decisions about spending and taxes to reduce the size of the national debt
D. conducting congressional oversight of the Treasury Department
Answer: B
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a. the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. b. the Supreme Court said the government could not prevent the study's publication. c. he succeeded in preventing the study from being published. d. the issue was resolved without involvement by the Supreme Court. e. the Court said the study violated Congress's power to declare war.
Regulatory and trade policy concerns
a. the variety of ways by which government policies affect markets for goods and services. b. the supply of money and the level of interest rates. c. spending and taxes. d. the total value of goods and services that people produce in the nation. e. the level of unemployment.
When was the concept of "crimes against humanity" first introduced into international law?
A. At the Nuremberg Trials B. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights C. In the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide D. In the Geneva Conventions E. In the charter of the International Criminal Court (ICC)