The Main Issue in the 1824 Case Gibbons V

question 108

Multiple Choice

The main issue in the 1824 case Gibbons v.Ogden was the question of the state of New York's power to grant a monopoly to

• A)Joseph Pulitzer to publish a daily newspaper.
• B)Thomas Edison's new electrical utility to run lines through New York City.
• C)William Henry Vanderbilt to lay railroad tracks to the Hudson Bay ports.
• D)Robert Fulton's steamboat company to operate between New York and New Jersey.
• E)Eli Whitney to produce cotton gins.

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