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Which best describes the way historians consider letters and journals

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Historians consider letters and journals written by certain historical subjects to be absolutely crucial, since they represent an unaltered and oftentimes revealing ...

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Journals and letters are primary sources of the individuals writing them. For example, Anne Frank's diary is a primary source explaining what it was like to live as a Jew during the holocaust. Primary sources are usually valued over secondary sources. A secondary source would be like someone writing a book about Anne Frank's journal. The person writing that book did not witness the events firsthand, but is drawing conclusions based on a primary source.

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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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The supreme court case mcculloch v. maryland ensured that?

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c. more people could read and interpret the bible for themselves

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