What does the union plan tell you about the transportation in the south?

waterways were not crucial.
waterways were extremely crucial.
the south did not have a navy.
the south had extensive railways.

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

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.