K12 history ! which statement best describes the concept of manifest destiny?

a. it was the list pioneers used to prepare for their westward journey
b. it was the idea that the lands in the west would naturally belong to the united states
c. it was an early american effort to protect the environment
d. it was the name of a new york city paper

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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