THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MONROES PRESIDENCY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Maryland tried to tax the national bank
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Thomas Gibbons sued Ogden
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Robert Fulton’s company was trading ships with New Jersey
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Someone tried to steal money from the national bank
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sole question is can a State regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the States while Congress is regulating it?
Detailed explanation-2: -Justice Marshall concluded that regulation of navigation by steamboat operators and others for purposes of conducting interstate commerce was a power reserved to and exercised by the Congress under the Commerce Clause.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was a Supreme Court case that famously expounded upon the powers of the commerce clause, setting the precedent of Congress’s broad ability to regulate interstate and some intrastate commerce. The case originated in a dispute over shipping monopolies in New York.
Detailed explanation-4: -The partners ended up in the New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments, which granted a permanent injunction against Gibbons in 1820.