They mention poppy fields, which has to do with opium. So they are talking about beautiful opium fields that they had to march through. (The US protects opium fields and sells lots of opium for profit)
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Two states that gained electoral votes from the 2008 presidential election to the 2012 election:
- Texas 34 Electoral votes in 2008, 38 EV in 2012
- Texas pop in 2000: 28.8 million. Texas pop in 2010: 25.1 million.
- Florida 27 EV in 2008, 29 EV in 2012
- Florida pop in 2000: 15.9 million. Florida pop in 2010: 18.8 million
Two states that lost electoral votes:
- New York 31 Electoral votes in 2008, 29 EV in 2012
- New York pop in 2000: 18,9 million. New York pop in 2010: 19,3 million
- Michigan 17 EV in 2008, 16 EV in 2012
- Michigan pop in 2000: 9,9 million. Michigan pop in 2010: 9,8 million.
Explanation:
Texas and Florida gained 4 and 2 electoral votes respectively because their populations grew around 20%.
New York and Michigan both lost 2 and 1 electoral votes respectively. In the case of New York, there was not a loss in population, but very littel increase, and this made New York lose population size as percentage of the total population of the US. In the case of Michigan, the loss of one electoral vote corresponded with a population loss of around 100,000 people.
There were many reasons. One being that it was winter and it was harder to gather things and keep spirits up when everyone was running low on food. It was also in bad weather.
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A criticism of the judicial branch is that it has less of a check and balance than the other two branches in the sense that when it declares something as unconstitutional, the other two branches cannot veto or undo this decision. Basically, it has the power to make any law or decision unconstitutional without a check on that power. I disagree with this because the judicial branch has not declared anything unreasonably unconstitutional and they mostly use this power in ways that help the country as a whole
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The geography and climate impacted the trade and economic activities of Southern Colonies. The Southern Colonies concentrated on agriculture and developed the plantations exporting tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit and livestock.
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