I'm fairly certian that it is B) The Balkan Peninsula.
The correct answer is the following: Option D. In 2012, <u>the Supreme Court ruled that requiring people to buy health insurance is an acceptable use of the power to tax.</u> In June of 2012, the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States upheld President Obama's health care overhaul law, stating that its requirement for people to obtain health insurance coverage, was an acceptable use of the power to tax.
The Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, gives Congress the power to lay and collect taxes in order to pay the debt and provide for the general welfare of the country. Based on this, the Supreme Court, in 2012, voted 5 to 4 to confirm that the Constitution permits such form of a tax, and therefore the Court could not forbid the government to do so.
The answer is d. The population of light-colored moths decreased and the population of dark-colored moths increased.
<span>Peppered moth color variation is a good example of natural selection. During the Industrial revolution, due to pollution, trees become darker in the urban area. Light-colored moths were, thus, easy prey. The dark-colored moths were able to camouflage on dark trees and avoid predators. The phenomenon is known as industrial melanism. So, in polluted urban areas, the number of dark-colored peppered moths increased. In the clean environment, were much effective in hiding from predators and they outnumbered the dark-colored moths.</span>
The decision effectively stated that states could not be 'free' or a 'slave state' because its unconstitutional for states to exclude slave ownership in territories. The decision also stated that slaves were not citizens, thus could not sue in federal court. The best answer is that slaves were not citizens.
