Marshall’s Court

Question 1

The power to establish a national bank is

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an implied power of Congress.

Question 2

The Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden was related to

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business rights.

Question 3

How did the 1803 ruling in Marbury v. Madison affect the balance of power in the federal government?

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It gave the judicial branch a way to check the power of Congress.

Question 4

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress

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can establish a national bank.

Question 5

An example of commerce that would be regulated by the federal government is

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a ferry that takes passengers from New York to New Jersey.

Question 6

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that

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Gibbons’s federal license allowed him to operate in multiple states.

Question 7

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that state law

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could not override federal law.

Question 8

In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court ruled that in business disputes

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federal law always supercedes state law.

Question 9

A result of the Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) decision was that states

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could regulate commerce only within their borders.

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