Chapter 9 Flashcards
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
Fisrt ten
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
Lw is a bill an amendment is a change
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3 of congress or states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
3/4 of state legislatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st
Amendment protect?
Speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of government
What does the 2nd
Amendment give you the right to own?
Fire arms
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Unreasonable searches or seizures
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
5th
According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?
Due proccess of law
What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?
6th
What does the 9th
Amendment keep the government from doing?
Bill of rights isnt only rights citizens have
What was given power in the 10th
Amendment for protection?
States can be used as protection against powers of govt
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
Waahington, thomas jefferson
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Handles relations with other nations
Financial matters
Nations defense
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Thomas Jeferson
Alewander Hamilton
Henry Knox
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Thomas Jefferson
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of treasure
What act established a federal court system?
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?
First Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
Amount govt owed
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
The federal govt take care of state debts from war
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
South they’d have to pay more
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
Move capitol to south
Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?
Fell within the intent of the constitution
Tax on imported goods
Tariff
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
Uprising against tthe taxing power og the government
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
He did not want to feel like a king
What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?
Favored strong federal govt
Rule by wealthy
Loose interpretstion of the constitution
What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?
State banks
State govt
Rule by all the people
How did Washington feel about political parties?
Divided people and kept govt from working together
What is favoring one side in a political decision?
Partison
Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?
Answer here
What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?
Xyz affair
Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?
Answer here
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Bill of rights
