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  1. Q1. What was the central constitutional issue in McCulloch v. Maryland?
  2. Q2. Which constitutional clause was especially important to the Supreme Court's reasoning in McCulloch v. Maryland?
  3. Q3. Who wrote the Supreme Court's opinion in McCulloch v. Maryland?
  4. Q4. What institution was at the center of McCulloch v. Maryland?
  5. Q5. Why did Maryland argue that the national bank was unconstitutional?
  6. Q6. How did the Supreme Court interpret the word 'necessary' in the Necessary and Proper Clause?
  7. Q7. Which famous phrase from McCulloch v. Maryland expresses the idea that Congress has flexibility in choosing means to carry out its powers?
  8. Q8. What are implied powers in the context of McCulloch v. Maryland?
  9. Q9. What did the Supreme Court decide about Maryland's tax on the national bank?
  10. Q10. Which constitutional principle did the Court use to reject Maryland's tax on the national bank?
  11. Q11. What did Chief Justice Marshall mean by the phrase 'the power to tax involves the power to destroy'?
  12. Q12. How did McCulloch v. Maryland affect the balance of power between the federal government and the states?
  13. Q13. Which broader constitutional doctrine was strongly reinforced by McCulloch v. Maryland?
  14. Q14. Why did the Court reject a strict reading of Congress's powers in McCulloch v. Maryland?
  15. Q15. Which enumerated congressional powers helped justify the creation of the national bank?
  16. Q16. What was James McCulloch's role in the case?
  17. Q17. What would have been a likely consequence if Maryland had won McCulloch v. Maryland?
  18. Q18. Which statement best describes the Court's view of the Constitution in McCulloch v. Maryland?
  19. Q19. Which later debates did McCulloch v. Maryland influence most directly?
  20. Q20. Which statement best summarizes the holding of McCulloch v. Maryland?