In the year 1819 between february-march of the same year,the state of Maryland attempted to halt an operation by the Second Bank of the United States through a tax on all notes of banks not produced in Maryland. This resulted in the famous case of McCulloch vs Maryland.
This was headed by James William McCulloch(the head of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States) against the state of Maryland.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, U.S. legislation (June 17, 1930) that raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression
