Question

What effect did the US Supreme Court have through the Gibbons v Ogden decision?

Question options:

The Supreme Court decided that the President and not the Congress could regulate trade between the states.


The Supreme Court determined that it was unconstitutional for states to regulate national trade.


It stated that the Federal government could not regulate commercial activity between the states.


It stated that the Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states.

Answer 1

It stated that the Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states.

Explanation:

In the Gibbons v Ogden decision, the US Supreme Court stated that the Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states.

Gibbons and Ogden were business partners

They bought a route between New York and Elizabethtown from Fulton and Livingston

But Gibbons betrayed Ogden

Gibbons operated his own two ships on the same route

Ogden received the franchise from Fulton and Livingston

Gibbons justified that he had separate federal license

Ogden sued Gibbons in New York State Court to force him to stop operating his steamship route

The New York State court agreed and issued an injunction against Gibbons

Gibbons then appealed to the Supreme Court to help him keep operating his route

Gibbons was represented by the famous lawyer Daniel Webster

Webster argued that the federal law was supreme above all state laws

According to the Constitution, Congress has the ability to regulate interstate commerce

The Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

It stated that the Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the Gibbons v Ogden decision, the US Supreme Court stated that the Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states.

• Gibbons and Ogden were business partners
• They bought a route between New York and Elizabethtown from Fulton and Livingston
• But Gibbons betrayed Ogden
• Gibbons operated his own two ships on the same route
• Ogden received the franchise from Fulton and Livingston
• Gibbons justified that he had separate federal license
• Ogden sued Gibbons in New York State Court to force him to stop operating his steamship route
• The New York State court agreed and issued an injunction against Gibbons
• Gibbons then appealed to the Supreme Court to help him keep operating his route
• Gibbons was represented by the famous lawyer Daniel Webster
• Webster argued that the federal law was supreme above all state laws
• According to the Constitution, Congress has the ability to regulate interstate commerce
• The Federal government, through the actions of the Congress, could regulate commercial activity between the states