<span>The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill affected an area of approximately 2,500 to 68,000
square miles, affecting the Gulf Coast of Mexico, especially the states
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. In
2013, in the state of Louisiana, they managed to eliminate 4,900,000
pounds of oil from beaches, twice the amount of oil collected in 2012.
The economies of the Gulf Coast states were terribly affected, as the
spill affected the industries, of which, the inhabitants of the coast of the four affected states depended. <span>More than a third of US waters in the Gulf were closed to fishing, to avoid further pollution.</span></span>
The McCulloch v. Maryland is the case that went to the Supreme Court because the state of Maryland wanted to tax the National Bank established by the Congress. The court ruled that under the Article I, Section 8, the "Necessary and Proper" clause that the state could not tax the institution of the the federal government. This is an landmark case and its effect was that this supported the federal government over the state governments.
In battleground states, they will be more competitive. therefore, people of both parties will feel inclined to run and parties will put more money into flipping them or winning campaigns to show their strength.
The answer would be b that's the best one
The homestead act encouraged settlement in the west, including the great plains. it promised 160 acres of land if settlers built a home and improved the property within 5 years. this caused an influx in migration to the great plains