2. The acquisitions of land in the West before 1845 were similar to land acquisitions after 1845 because they both were motivated by desires to

A) expand the institution of slavery
B) build factories near mineral resources
NO) keep foreign influences out of the country
D) take advantage of wars among European countries

greenland

c tundra

iceland is grassland

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.