3. During the 1890s, many American farmers tried to resolve their economic
problems by

What economic problems confronted American farmers in 1890s? high railroad rates, crop failures and inability to repay loans. How would bimetallism help economy, according to its supporters? make them more dollar available prices and wages would then rise, which allow farmers to get out debt.

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.