To operate in a national park, this business was granted a franchise by a. a local government agency. b. a federal agency. c. a national company. d. an entrepreneur.

B. a federal agency
 national parks are national heritage and as such the fall directly under the federal government. to get a franchise to operate  a national park, the issuing authority currently is the interior ministry.

The case was a u.s. supreme court decision that defined the scope of the u.s. congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of american state legislatures. the dispute in mcculloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of maryland imposed on it.