2. Which two statements are most accurate concerning the Articles of Confederation Congress? A. It was a strong central government, but not a federal one.
B. It was a weak central government, and it was also a federal one.
C. It lacked the power to tax.
D. It passed the Land Ordinance of 1785.
E. It possessed the power to tax, but it seldom employed that power

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

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answer first choice

b.unemployment reached nearly 25 percent.