The quote below is an excerpt from a speech given by winston churchill in 1946: an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe. . from what i have seen of our russian friends and allies during the war, i am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and nothing for which they have less respect than weakness, especially military weakness. which statement explains how this speech contributed to the start of the cold war? (5 points) it demonstrated that the west needed to liberate eastern europe from soviet domination. it showed that democratic nations were facing a threat from soviet expansionism. it explained how the united states and great britain could partner to rebuild europe. it proved that there would be another war unless the united states kept troops in europe.

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b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

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the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

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