Unit 4: Growth of the Young Nation
Topic 3: The Marshall Court & Judicial
Nationalism
Nationalism:
Name: __________________________
Date:__________________
Sectionalism:
John Marshall was a ____________________.
He believed in a strong _________________
government.
He writes many Supreme Court decisions in the
early years of the nation that set doctrine and
precedents for the power of the Courts and the
supremacy of the national government over the
States.
Name of the Supreme Court case:
Doctrine or Precedent set by the Case:
 Marbury vs. Madison
 McCullough vs Maryland
 Gibbons vs Ogden
 The Marshall Court set the foundation of the Supreme Court’s authority to mediate
(resolve) disagreements between
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_____________ of governments,
______________of government,
and competing business interests