Chapter 9

Question 0

State Department

Answer 0

Handles relations w/ other nations

Question 1

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

Answer 1

George Washington and John Adams

Question 2

Treasury Department

Answer 2

Deals w/ financial matters

Question 3

War Department

Answer 3

Deals with nations defense.

Question 4

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 4

State, treasury, and war.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

Question 6

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 6

1st secretary of treasury.

Question 7

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 7

Judiciary act of 1789

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Overturn

Question 9

Who was John Jay?

Answer 9

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 10

What is a national debt?

Answer 10

Amount of $ a government owes.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Combine them so that the states could pay an equal amount

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The south because they didn’t owe as much as the northern states.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

They told the south they would move the Capitol building to the southern states.

Question 14

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

Answer 14

He said it fell within the constitution.

Question 15

What is a tariff?

Answer 15

A tax on imported goods.

Question 16

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 16

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the government

Question 17

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

Answer 17

He didn’t want to be like a king.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Bill of rights.

Question 19

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 19

1 through 10

Question 20

What five civil liberties does the 1
st
Amendment protect?

Answer 20

Speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of the government

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Firearms

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Unreasonable searches and seizures without cause.

Question 23

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 23

5th

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Without due process of law.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

6th

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Keeps the gov from saying the bill of rights is the only rights that Americans have

Question 27

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

Answer 27

States were given power

Question 28

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 28

Ruled by wealthy, backed GB, and had national banks

Question 29

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 29

State gov, state banks, ruled by the people, and strict interruption of the constitution

Question 30

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 30

He felt they divided the people and gov from working together.

Question 31

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 31

Partisan

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Caucuses

Question 33

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

Answer 33

XYZ affair

Question 34

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 34

To protect the security of the nation and slow immigration.

Question 35

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 35

Required aliens to live in the US for at least 14 years before being able to apply for citizenship.

Question 36

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 36

Allowed the president to deport aliens

Question 37

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 37

A crime to speak or write false criticisms to try to weaken the gov.

Question 38

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 38

1st

Question 39

What was affirmed by the KY and VA resolutions?

Answer 39

States rights