Question

landmark library
gibbons v. ogden (1824)
a. crossword. complete the crossword puzzle using what you learned in the reading.
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1. new yorks law violated this.
2. \commerce\ means __ activity
3. both state and federal government cannot issue one of these at the same time.
4. this state gave livingston and fulton the exclusive right to operate steamboats
5. has the sole power to regulate business activity that affects more than one state.
6. a state may only regulate business that takes place entirely inside its own __.
7. the new york court sided with this man.
8. gibbons was from new ____

across

1. the name of livingston and fultons first successful steamboat.
2. the supreme court sided with this man.
3. the court said a boat license is not like this.
4. laws of the federal government are ____ to state laws.

Explanation:

All answers are based on the details of the Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Supreme Court case, a landmark ruling on federal commerce power.

Answer:

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1. CONSTITUTION (New York's law violated the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause)
2. BUSINESS ("Commerce" refers to business/trade activity)
3. LICENSE (States and federal government cannot issue conflicting steamboat licenses)
4. NEW YORK (New York granted Livingston & Fulton exclusive steamboat rights)
5. CONGRESS (Congress has sole power over interstate commerce)
6. BORDERS (States only regulate intrastate, in-state business)
7. OGDEN (New York courts initially ruled in Ogden's favor)
8. JERSEY (Gibbons was a steamboat operator from New Jersey)

Across:

1. CLERMONT (Livingston and Fulton's first successful steamboat)
2. GIBBONS (The Supreme Court ruled in Gibbons' favor)
3. TAX (The court held a boat license is not a tax)
4. SUPREME (Federal laws are supreme over state laws per the Supremacy Clause)