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Question 6 • AL-United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution A-CR

The Supreme Court’s ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland, that federal law is superior to state law, directly influenced which case?

Answer
A
Marbury v. Madison
B
United States v. Stevens
C
United States v. Simms
D
Gibbons v. Ogden

Explanation

McCulloch v. Maryland established that federal authority takes precedence over conflicting state laws. That principle helped shape Gibbons v. Ogden, in which the Supreme Court upheld Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce over a conflicting state-granted monopoly. The correct choice is Gibbons v. Ogden.

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