Cuba today is a puppet still dancing after the puppet master death' in this 1993 newspaper quotation, which nation

The correct answer is - Russia.

The quotation in the newspaper refers to the country of Russia which was the successor of the Soviet Union. Cuba was a country that functioned under the wings of the Soviet Union, was protected military, supported diplomatically and financially, and also used as military base. Even though the Soviet Union fell apart, Cuba managed to keep its great relation with its successor, Russia, which continued to have a great influence in Cuba and bring many concerns to the United States even though Russia was in a terrible state at that time.

the tariff was created to protect industry in the northern part of the united states. industries in the north were being driven out of business by imported goods that were priced at a low rate. the goal was to protect these industries   by taxing the goods.

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.