Which of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?
A. The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce.
B. State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters.
C. The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government.
D. The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land.
E. The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.
Answer: C
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