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Advanced Placement-Style United States History
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John Marshall engraving by Asher Durand
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Question 951:

The McCulloch v. Maryland decision by the Marshall Court

    (A) was the first to rule a law of Congress unconstitutional
    (B) prevented the midnight judges from taking their positions
    (C) concerned the binding nature of contracts
    (D) ruled that a state could not tax a federal institution, in this case the Bank of the United States
    (E) concerned the rights of Indian tribes in conflict with those of a state's

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