Unlike the knights of labor, the american federation of labor's primary goal was to organize

The American Federation of Labor is the full form of AFL, which was organized in the year 1886. The main goal of this federation was to coordinate skilled artists into national unions comprising of others in the identical business. The main objective of the AFL was not political and intended only at fewer working hours, raised wages, and safer working conditions. The main difference between the two can be seen in the fact that the Knight of Labors didn't focus on specific workers issues like the American Federation of Labor did.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

no because we were not ready for war