JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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McCullough v. Maryland
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Marbury v. Madison
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Detailed explanation-1: -McCulloch v. Maryland Unanimous Decision, 1819.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maryland (1819) Citation: McCulloch v. Maryland Decision; 3/6/1819; Engrossed Minutes, 2/1790-6/7/1954; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, Record Group 267; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
Detailed explanation-3: -In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1818, however, the Maryland legislature voted to impose a tax on all banks within the state that were not chartered by the legislature. The Second Bank of the United States refused to comply with the law, resulting in a lawsuit against its head, James William McCulloch.
Detailed explanation-5: -Maryland that Congress had the authority to establish a federal bank, and that the financial institution could not be taxed by the states. But the decision carried a much larger significance, because it helped establish that the Constitution gave Congress powers that weren’t explicitly spelled out in the document.