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Muckrakers contributed to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of
the 20thcentury by*

1.) challenging big government and urging a return to past conditions

2.) exposing widespread corruption in business and government

3.) writing favorable biographies about wealthy Americans

4.) aligning themselves with the women's suffrage movement

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.