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1
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What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

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1-10

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What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

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A law is a bill that gets passed and an admendment is a change to an existing law.

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How does an amendment get proposed?

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2/3 of congress or states approve

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How does an amendment then get ratified?

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Must be approved by 3/4 state legislative sessions

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5
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What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

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Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of the government

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

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Firearms and weapons for defense

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

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Unreasonable searches and seizures

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8
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What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

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The fifth

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9
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According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?

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Due process of law

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

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Sixth admendment

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

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Limiting your rights to just 1-8

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

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A national government

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13
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Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?

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George Washington and John Adams

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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

State Department:

Treasury Department:

War Department:

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State: relations with other nations

Treasury: deals with finicial matters

War: deals with the nations defense

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Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

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The departments of state, treasury, war, and the attourney general

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

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State: Thomas Jefferson

Treasury: Alexander Hamelton

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17
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What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

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Secratary of Treasury

18
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What act established a federal court system?

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Judicary Act of 1789

19
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What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?

A

Reverse state decisions

20
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Who was John Jay?

A

1st Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by George Washington

21
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What is a national debt?

A

The amount the government owes

22
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What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?

A

Take all the total state war debts and splot them equally among all the states

23
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What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?

A

The South, this raised their war debt

24
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Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?

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Cause they moved the capital to the south

25
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Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?

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Cause it was within the means of the constitution

26
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What is a tariff?

A

A tax on imported goods

27
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

A

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the Federal Government

28
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Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?

A

He felt it would be similar to a monarchy, king-like term

29
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What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

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Favored strong national government, rule by government, and loose interpurtation of the constitution

30
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What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

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State banks, strong state governments, rule by the people, and strict interpritation of the constitution

31
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How did Washington feel about political parties?

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They divided the people and kept the government from working togther

32
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What is favoring one side in a political decision?

A

Partisian

33
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Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?

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Cacusses

34
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What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?

A

The XYZ Crisis

35
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Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

A

To slow immigration

36
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What was the Naturalization Act?

A

Required aliens to live in the U.S. For 14 years before applying for citizenship

37
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What were the Alien Acts?

A

Allowed president to deport aliens that were considered harmful

38
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What was the Sedition Act?

A

A crime to speak or write false critisisms to try to weaken the government

39
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What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

A

The first admendment

40
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What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?

A

The bill of rights

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