Question
What group benefited most from the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden?
federal government
state banks
state government
monopolies
federal government
state banks
state government
monopolies
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The group that benefited most from the Supreme Court decisions in **McCulloch v. Maryland** and **Gibbons v. Ogden** is the **federal government**.
In **McCulloch v. Maryland** (1819), the Supreme Court upheld the authority of the federal government to create a national bank and confirmed that states could not tax federal institutions, thereby reinforcing the supremacy of federal law over state law.
In **Gibbons v. Ogden** (1824), the Court ruled that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce, thereby expanding the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause and limiting state interference in commerce.
Both decisions strengthened the federal government's powers relative to the states, thus benefiting the federal government the most.
In **McCulloch v. Maryland** (1819), the Supreme Court upheld the authority of the federal government to create a national bank and confirmed that states could not tax federal institutions, thereby reinforcing the supremacy of federal law over state law.
In **Gibbons v. Ogden** (1824), the Court ruled that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce, thereby expanding the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause and limiting state interference in commerce.
Both decisions strengthened the federal government's powers relative to the states, thus benefiting the federal government the most.