Individuals Affecting Government Actions People often feel powerless when it comes to having an effect on government decisions. However, history contains many examples of individuals or community groups that have affected changes in government policies and laws.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

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confederacy: supported slavery, believed states should be able to nullify federal laws, supported low tariffs

union: everything else