Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution forbids the states from impairing the obligations of contracts, coining money, or making anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts. These provisions
A) were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison.
B) basically enlarged states' rights.
C) were ignored by state governments.
D) meant that states could no longer help debtors by inflating money or forgiving debts.
E) were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland.

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Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution prohibited states from inflating money or forgiving debts, as it specifically prohibited states from making anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts and from impairing the obligations of contracts. This meant that states could no longer enact laws that would help debtors by inflating money or forgiving debts.

Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution Forbids the States