Facts & Parties
This state granted an exclusive steamboat monopoly to Fulton and Livingston.
New York
This clause gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states.
the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3)
Chief Justice Marshall defined "commerce" to include this specific type of travel.
navigation (or shipping)
This type of economic power (state or federal) was solidified by the ruling.
Federal power
The New York monopoly was declared this because it conflicted with federal law.
void (or unconstitutional)?
This man operated the competing steamboat service using a federal license.
Thomas Gibbons
True or False: The Supreme Court Ruling (not the state law) was unanimous, meaning all justices agreed.
True
What is upmost extent
Marshall said the power to regulate interstate commerce is complete in itself and may be exercised to its utmost extent.
The ruling helped create a single, unified national ________ for the first time.
market
This man originally sued the winner in a New York state court.
Aaron Ogden?
This man ran a steamboat ferry service under the New York state monopoly license.
Aaron Ogden
This clause dictates that a federal law is supreme when it conflicts with a state law.
Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2)
What is commercial intercourse?
"commerce" includes "commercial intercourse," not just buying and selling.
The ruling ended the period where states could use this type of law to favor local businesses over national trade.
protectionist law (or monopoly)
True or False: The state law granting the steamboat monopoly was upheld because the Supremacy Clause states that states have the power to regulate commerce within their own borders.
False. The state law was struck down and declared void because the Supremacy Clause dictated that the federal law (the Coastal Licensing Act) was supreme and must be followed.
The two inventors/businessmen who were granted the original New York monopoly.
Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston
This specific federal law from Congress granted Gibbons his license to operate.
the Coastal Licensing Act of 1793?
True or false: Marshall ruled that commerce "among the several States" means commerce that concerns more than one state.
True
This later 1937 case involving the National Labor Relations Act reaffirmed and broadened the Commerce Clause power.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously (6-0) in favor of this party.
Thomas Gibbons
The two neighboring states involved in the steamboat route and legal dispute
New York and New Jersey
This specific Article and Section contains the Commerce Clause.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
This was the name of the Chief Justice who led the Supreme Court and wrote the majority opinion
Chief Justice John Marshall
This ruling is credited with helping pave the way for this American economic transition of the 19th century.
Industrial Revolution (or modern capitalism)
The ruling established Federal Supremacy over what kind of economic activity (state or interstate)?
interstate economic activity