When the Second Bank of the United States was chartered, it showed that:

The chartering of the Second Bank of the United States showed that the power of the federal government was growing. There had been a great deal of debate in our country regarding how much power the federal government should have. One way to enhance the power of the federal government is to loosely interpret the Constitution. A loose view of the Constitution allows the government to do anything unless the Constitution specifically prevents the action from happening. Since there is nothing in the Constitution about having a Bank of the United States, the fact that we just chartered the Second Bank of the United States shows that the power of the federal government was growing. This was confirmed in the McCulloch v Maryland Supreme Court decision in 1819.