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Students apply three landmark cases to the balance of national and state power.
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Maryland taxed the Baltimore branch of the national bank. What did the Supreme Court decide in McCulloch v. Maryland?
What did McCulloch v. Maryland decide about Congress creating a national bank to carry out fiscal powers?
New York's steamboat monopoly conflicted with a federal coasting license. What did the Court decide in Gibbons v. Ogden?
What did Gibbons v. Ogden hold about navigation used to move people or goods between states?
What did United States v. Lopez decide about the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 as written?
In McCulloch v. Maryland, which clause supported Congress's power to use a bank as a means to carry out enumerated fiscal powers?
In McCulloch v. Maryland, which principle barred Maryland from taxing the federally chartered bank's Baltimore branch?
In Gibbons v. Ogden, Ogden's side argued that "commerce" meant only traffic in goods. How did Chief Justice Marshall define commerce?
Gibbons v. Ogden involved boats running between New York and New Jersey. Which constitutional rule made the state-granted monopoly lose?
United States v. Lopez rejected a federal law based only on local gun possession near a school. Which principle did the Court apply?
A state taxes a federal agency created to help the national government collect revenue and borrow money; the Court says the tax is unconstitutional. Which decision controls?
A boat operator has a federal coasting license for travel between two states, but a state monopoly orders him off the route. Which decision controls?
Congress makes possession of a gun within 1,000 feet of a school a federal crime, and the Court finds no sufficient tie to interstate commerce. Which decision is this?
Congress charters a bank to help execute taxing and borrowing powers even though the Constitution does not list a bank power by name. Which case upheld that move?
Which chief justice wrote the Supreme Court's opinions in both McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden?
How did McCulloch v. Maryland move the federalism line between Congress and the states?
How did Gibbons v. Ogden shift power over economic regulation?
United States v. Lopez listed three broad categories of activity that Congress may regulate under the commerce power. Which is one of them?
McCulloch and Gibbons both involved state laws colliding with national authority. What was their shared effect on federalism?
A teacher says Lopez did not overrule McCulloch or Gibbons but changed the federalism line. What is the best explanation?
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