Chapter 9 Flashcards
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
The 10 amendments
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
Law- Bill that gets passed.
How does an amendment get proposed?
When 2/3 of Comgress or the stats agree on it.
How does an amendment then get ratified?
When 3/6 of the state legislature agree on it.
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom of spech, religion, assembly, press, and petition in 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)
Protects against unreasonable search and seizures without proper cause.
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
The Fifth 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?
The Sixth Amendment
What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?
Claiming that the BoR is the only amount of rights Americans have.
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
States could be used as protection against the powers of a national government.
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
George Washington and John Adams
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
State- handle relations with other nations.
Treasury- deal with financial matters
War- deals with nation’s defence
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and the Attourney General.
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Thw Bill of Rights
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of Treasury
What act established a federal court system?
The Judiciary Act of 1789
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
Federal courts can overturn state laws.
Who was John Jay?
1st Chief Justice of the Supreem court.
What is a national debt?
The amount the government owed.
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
Let the federal government take care of them.
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
The South. They owed less war debt so the didn’t want to pay the North’s debt off.
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
The North agreed to move the nation’s capitol to the south.
What is a tariff?
A tax on imported goods.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government.
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
He believed that political parties divided people and kept the government sfrom working together.
What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?
- Favored a strong Federal Government.
- Rule by wealthy.
- Loose interpretation of the constitution.
What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?
- State banks.
- State Governments
- Rule by the people.
- Strict interpretation.
