Treasury Secretary Hamilton successfully argued to President Washington that the Bank of the United States was constitutional because
A) the Tenth Amendment implicitly authorized the creation of a federal bank.
B) the "necessary and proper" clause in Article One of the Constitution gave Congress the authority to do everything required for the federal government in order to carry out its taxation and borrowing powers.
C) a federal bank was expressly authorized in Article One of the Constitution.
D) a federal bank had been envisioned by many of the farmers of the Constitution including Madison.
Answer: B
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