The Supreme court was involved in the case, but the people who argued for their clients were Addis Emmet and Thomas J. Oakley argued for Ogden, while U.S. Attorney General William Wirt and Daniel Webster argued for Gibbons.
The government sold war bonds to citizens with slogans that promoted the war effort and told citizens that they were helping the war.
Peter the Great was the first ruler to try and westernize Russia.