Which of the following best explains the significance of the nazi-soviet non-aggression pact of 1939? a. because of the pact, germany agreed to only invade areas of western europe. b. because of the pact, stalin agreed to the germans conquer all of europe. c. because of the pact, the soviets agreed that they would take no part in world war ii. d. because of the pact, hitler felt he had secured germany's border with the soviet union.

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.