Question

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:_______.
a. Congress had the authority to create the Bank of the United States.
b. the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional.
c. corporations were illegal because their potential to become monopolistic posed a threat to individual free enterprise.
d. railroad workers had no right to strike since it interfered with national commerce.
e. the New York legislature could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation.

Answer 1

Answer:

E

Explanation:

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that: the New York legislature could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation.

Gibbons v. Ogden, The state of New York agreed in 1798 to grant Robert Fulton and his backer, Robert R. Livingston, a monopoly on steamboat navigation in state waters if they were able to come up with a steamboat capable of traveling 4 miles (6.4 km) per hour upstream on the Hudson River. They met the condition of the grant in 1807. Over time, Aaron Ogden bought over from Fulton and Livingston the rights to operate steamboats between New York City and New Jersey. In 1819 Ogden sued Thomas Gibbons, who was operating steamboats in the same waters without the authority of Fulton and Livingston. Ogden won in 1820 in the New York Court of Chancery, then Gibbons appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, His case was brought before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Gibbons.

Answer 2

Answer:

e. the New York legislature could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation.

Explanation:

In Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824) it was held by the Supreme Court of the United States that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, covered the power to regulate navigation.

Hence, in 1819, when Ogden sued Thomas Gibbons, who was in the business of steamboats in the same waters without the authority of Fulton and Livingston.

While, Ogden won the case in 1820 in the New York Court of Chancery.

Gibbons, however, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, stating that he was protected by terms of a federal license to engage in coasting trade.

Therefore, in 1824, the supreme court finally ruled that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government and so Ogden's exclusive right granted by New York was illegal, since the route crossed state lines.