Answer:
B. a national bank
Explanation:
Thomas Jefferson argued against the establishment of a national bank because according to a strict reading or interpretation of the Constitution, no such entity was stipulated in the document.
Alexander Hamilton favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution -- in other words, that the Constitution allows for anything that is not strictly forbidden in what it has expressly stated.
In his role as Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton worked to establish the First Bank of the United States. As a federalist, he referenced the "necessary and proper" clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. In the Constitution, after enumerating a number of the powers of Congress, including borrowing money, coining money, regulating commerce, etc, Section 8 of Article I closes by saying Congress shall have power "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."
A national bank was not strictly listed as something Congress could establish, but there was nothing in the Constitution to prohibit it. And, according to Hamilton's view the "necessary and proper" clause gave leeway to create such an institution.
