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Which Statement Reflects Thomas Gibbons’s View Of Interstate Commerce?

Which statement reflects Thomas Gibbons’s view of interstate commerce?


  1. State and federal governments should jointly negotiate interstate commerce.

  2. The federal government should have power over interstate commerce.

  3. Individual operators should negotiate interstate commerce.

  4. State governments have power over interstate commerce.


Answer: B. The federal government should have power over interstate commerce.


What was the Federalists’ position on creating a bill of rights?


Answer: They thought it was unnecessary because the Constitution would already limit government powers.


Which statement reflects Thomas Gibbons’s view of interstate commerce?


Answer: The federal government should have power over interstate commerce.


Why did Federalists argue for a separation of powers?


Answer: No single branch of government would have too much power.


Which individual freedom is protected under the Constitution?


Answer: freedom to meet peacefully


Which is the term used for the legislative branch setting aside or reversing a decision?


Answer: Override


Who heads the judicial branch of government?


Answer: the Supreme Court


Supreme Court justices are appointed by


Answer: the president.


The Judiciary Act of 1789 gave powers to the judicial branch that went beyond what the Constitution outlined. Because of this, the act


Answer: was ruled unconstitutional.

A state refusing to follow a federal law would be guilty of


Answer: violating the Supremacy Clause.


An important part of Article VI in the Constitution is the


Answer: Supremacy Clause.


The decision in Gibbons v. Ogden most likely resulted in


Answer: fewer disputes about state monopolies.


Original jurisdiction refers to


Answer: the Supreme Court’s authority to hear a case for the first time.


What is the last step in the process of getting a bill passed into law?


Answer: sending it to the president


The power to declare war belongs to


Answer: national government.


The Constitution limits the executive branch from declaring war by giving that power to


Answer: the legislative branch.