Chapter 8

Question 1

What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual

Answer 1

Bill of rights

Question 2

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

1-10

Question 3

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 3

A amendment is a change to the constitution and a law is a bill that gets passed

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 4

2/3 of the congress and 2/3 of the state

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 5

3/4 of the state legislatures

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 6

Speech religion assembly press and petition

Question 7

What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?

Answer 7

Firearms

Question 8

What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)

Answer 8

Protects you from seizures and unreasonable searches

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

5th

Question 10

According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?

Answer 10

Not forced to give out Criminal information of your self

Question 11

What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?

Answer 11

6th

Question 12

What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?

Answer 12

You have more rights then the BoR states

Question 13

What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?

Answer 13

States. Oils be used as protection against the powers of the national government

Question 14

Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?

Answer 14

George Washington and John Adams

Question 15

What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

Answer 15

Carries out the laws and out of country affairs

Question 16

State Department

Answer 16

Handle relations out side the country

Question 17

Treasury Department

Answer 17

Deal with financial problems

Question 18

War department

Answer 18

Deals with nation’s defense

Question 19

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 19

Thomas Jefferson,Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox

Question 20

Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?

Answer 20

Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 21

Sec. of Treasury

Question 22

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 22

Judiciary act of 1789

Question 23

What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?

Answer 23

They could overturn state laws

Question 24

Who was John Jay?

Answer 24

1st Cheri Justice Of The Supreme Court.

Question 25

What is a national debt?

Answer 25

The amount the gov’t owed

Question 26

What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?

Answer 26

Make the money into the pile and let the states however much they needed to.

Question 27

What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?

Answer 27

Southern States and they owed less and due to the plan they had to pay more