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Why did Alexander Hamilton believe that the national bank was constitutional

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He used a Loose Interpretation of the Constitution saying that the elastic clause gives Congress authority to create the bank.

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Alexander Hamilton believed that the national bank was constitutional because the Constitution states that a government should have all the powers to carry out its duties, and the national bank was necessary.

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