Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Gibbons V

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?

• A) The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce.
• B) State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters.
• C) The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government.
• D) The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land.
• E) The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.

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