Chapter 9 Flashcards
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
10
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
Law: bill that gets passed
Amendment: a change to an existing law
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3 of congress
How does an amendment then get ratified?
3/4 of the state legistlatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st
Amendment protect?
Speech,religion,assembly,press,and pettion the gov’t
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Bill of rights
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)
Being forced to house troops against your will
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
The 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
What does the 9
th
Amendment keep the government from doing?
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 ; Thomas Jefferson
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State dept: realations w/ other nations
Treasury dept: deal w/ financial matters
War dept: deals w/ nations defence