Chapter 9

Question 0

What did each department of the executive branch deal with?

Answer 0

State department-handle relations with other nations.
Treasury department- deal with financial matters.
War department-deals with nation’s defense

Question 1

Who were the first President and Vice President in U.S. History?

Answer 1

George Washington and John Adams

Question 2

Who makes up the cabinet of the president?

Answer 2

Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Sec. of State- Thomas Jefferson // Sec. Of Treasury- Alexander Hamilton

Question 4

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 4

Secretary of Treasury

Question 5

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 5

The Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Had the power to reverse the laws if necessary

Question 7

Who was John Jay?

Answer 7

1st Chief justice of the Supreme Court

Question 8

What is a national debt?

Answer 8

The amount the government owned

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Proposed a plan that would have the federal government deal with state debts.

Question 10

What area in America was against his plan and why?

Answer 10

The southern states because they owed less money than the Northern states

Question 11

Why did the South agree to this plan to lesson the debt?

Answer 11

Because he moved the U.S. Capitol farther South.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

He said it fell within the intent of the constitution.

Question 13

What is tariff?

Answer 13

Tax on an imported good

Question 14

What was the whiskey rebellion?

Answer 14

A civil uprising against the texting power in the federal government

Question 15

What did Washington not want to run for a third term in presidency?

Answer 15

He didn’t want a king-like government to occur

Question 16

What limits the power of the government and protects the rights of the individual?

Answer 16

Bill of Rights

Question 17

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 17

The first 10 amendments

Question 18

What five civil liberties does the first amendment protect?

Answer 18

Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press, and the right to petition the government.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Firearms

Question 20

What does the 4th amendment protect you from? ( as a result of the sugar act )

Answer 20

Unreasonable searches and seizures without a probable cause

Question 21

What amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 21

5th amendment

Question 22

According to the fifth amendment natural rights cannot be take away without what?

Answer 22

Due process of law

Question 23

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

Answer 23

6th

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Claiming the Bill of Rights are the only rights you have

Question 25

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

Answer 25

States

Question 26

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 26

Favored a strong federal government, rule by wealthy, loose interpretation of the constitution

Question 27

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 27

State banks, state government, rule by the people, strict interpretation of the government

Question 28

What is favoring one side in apolitical decision?

Answer 28

Partisim

Question 29

Before the election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine presidential candidates?

Answer 29

Cacuses

Question 30

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

Answer 30

The XYZ affair

Question 31

Why we’re three acts created after the XYZ affair?

Answer 31

To protect the security of the nation and slow immigration down

Question 32

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 32

Required aliens to live in the U.S. For 14 years before becoming citizens.

Question 33

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 33

Allowed president to deport aliens?

Question 34

What were the Sedition Acts?

Answer 34

A crime to speak or write false critics s to try to weaken the government

Question 35

What amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 35

1st amendment

Question 36

What was affirmed by the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?

Answer 36

States rights