Chapter 9 Flashcards
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
First 10 Amendments
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
- A law is a bill that gets passed
2. An amendment is a change to an existing law
How does an amendment get proposed?
An amendment may be propsed by 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 (67%) of the states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
It must be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of the government.
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Firearms
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause.
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
5th Amendment
According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?
Due process of law
What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?
6th amendment
What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?
Prevents the gov’t from claiming the BoR are the only rights Americans have
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
States
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
George Washington; John Adams
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
- State Department
- Treasury Department
- War Department
- State Department
- handle relations w/ other nations - Treasury Department
- deal with financial matters - War Department
- deals with nations defense
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Bill of Rights
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Attorney General.
Secretary of state, secretary of treasury, secretary of war, and attorney general
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
State-Thomas Jefferson
Treasury-Alexander Hamilton
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of Treasury
What act established a federal court system?
Judiciary Act of 1789
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
Federal courts could overturn state laws if they deemed necessary
Who was John Jay?
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
The amount the gov’t owed
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
Wanted the national government to take over state debts
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
Southern states because they owed less than the Northern statesand would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate.
