-Thomas Jefferson felt that the creation of the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional because .
A) banking powers were delegated to Congress, not to the secretary of the treasury
B) state banks and not a federal bank had the power to mint money
C) banking powers had to be shared between the federal government and the states
D) the Constitution did not specifically give the federal government the power to create banks

Question

-Thomas Jefferson felt that the creation of the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional because .
A) banking powers were delegated to Congress, not to the secretary of the treasury 
B) state banks and not a federal bank had the power to mint money 
C) banking powers had to be shared between the federal government and the states 
D) the Constitution did not specifically give the federal government the power to create banks

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution, arguing that if a power was not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution, then it did not have that power. Since the Constitution did not specifically mention the creation of a bank, Jefferson argued that the federal government did not have the authority to establish one.

-Thomas Jefferson Felt That the Creation of the Bank of the United