Why did Washington choose cabinet members from both Northern and Southern states? plz help if u can that would be ever so kind of you:)
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The correct answer is the following.

George Washington chose cabinet members from both, the Northern and Southern states because he wanted to show respect for different backgrounds and opinions and have a balance cabinet members that could help the nation throughout the plurality of minds. He did not want to favor any side but have a balance of Northern and Southern members and show the nation that with respect and tolerance, the US was going to proper. The most important names on Washington's first cabinet were Thomas Jefferson (Secretary of State), Alexander Hamilton (Secretary of the Treasury), and Henry Knox (Secretary of War).

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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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after the french-indian war.