Supreme court ruled in the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision that enslaved African Americans were not citizens. In 1866 congress proposed the Fourteenth amendment. The amendment had the effect of overruling the Dred Scott decision. This is an example of a check of the judicial branch by the ... A. Executive Branch
B. Legislative Branch
C. Judicial Branch
D. Presidential Branch

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing?