Locus are a larger version of a grasshopper. When they breed they do it abundantly and they can cause serious crop damage when they fly in swarms. By the way this would be more of a science question. ;)
Your second question is a history one: I believe the answer is Nelson Mandela. He was the first democratic president of the Republic of South Africa. He was "sworn in" in 1994 at the age of 74 or 75 I believe.
That Socrates was prosecuted because of his religious ideas and political associations indicates how easily an ideal held dear by his fellow Athenians—the ideal of open and frank speech among citizens—could be set aside when they felt insecure.
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The correct answer is They ensured the role of the judicial branch in the system of checks and balances. Article 3 of the United States Constitution created the judicial branch of the federal government.
The American Supreme Court is made up of nine judges appointed by the President of the Republic for a lifetime term, although they must be confirmed by the Senate.
As in many countries, the Court is the highest judicial body in the United States and its essential task is to take care of the constitutionality of laws.
Members of the American Supreme Court can retire, if they wish, when they reach 70, although this rarely happens.
The answer is B - it curtailed free enterprise.
President Lincoln made the use of force necessary because of his prior military actions that show that he already assumed war and has been prepared for it. The South did not like the coercive policy, diplomacy using threats, that the President had sent. Alexander Stephen that Lincoln's provocative actions will not help to stop the war. Instead, it pushed the South to justify it's use of force when necessary.