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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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

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Bill of Rights

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What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

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What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

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Amendment is a change to an existing Law.

Law is a bill that gets passed

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How does an amendment get proposed?

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2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states

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How does an amendment then get ratified?

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Must ratified by 3/4 of the state legislature

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What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion 
Freedom of Assembly 
Freedom of Press 
Freedom of Petition
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What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?

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Firearms

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

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Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

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What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

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5th Amendment

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

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Process of Law

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

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6th Amendment

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

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Claiming Bill of Rights are the only rights Americans have

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

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States

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

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President- George Washington

Vice President- John Adams

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What did State Department of the Executive Branch deal with?

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Handle relations with other nations

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What did Treasury department of the Executive Branch deal with?

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Deal with financial matters

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What did the War department of the Executive Branch deal with?

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Deals with Nation’s defense

18
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Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

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Secretary of State-Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of Treasury- ALEXANDER HAMILTON 💕💕
Secretary of War- Henry Knox

19
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Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?

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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton💕💕💕

20
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What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold

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Secretary of Treasury

21
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What act established a federal court system?

A

Judiciary Act 1789

22
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Who is John Jay

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1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

23
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What is a national debt?

A

Amount the government owed

24
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What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?

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Hami-Ham wanted to have the federal government take care of the state debts from the war

25
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What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?

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Southern States

26
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Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?

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A compromise was made that in exchange for agreeing, the US Capital was moved to the south, Washington DC

27
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Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?

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Hamilton 💕 thought it fell within the intent of the Constitution

28
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What is a tariff?

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Tax on imported goods

29
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

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Civil uprising against the taxing power of federal government

30
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Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the President

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because he wanted have a change in personnel and ideas

31
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What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

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Favored strong Federal Government
Ruled by wealthy
Loose interpretation of the Constitution

32
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What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

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State Bank
State government
Ruled by government

33
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How did Washington feel about political parties?

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Believed that political parties divided people and kept the government from working together

34
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What is favoring one side in a political decision?

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Partisan

35
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Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?

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Caucuses

36
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What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?

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France seized American ships that carried cargo to Great Britain

37
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Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

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The security of nation and slow immigration

38
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What was the Naturalization Act?

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Required aliens to live in America for 14 before being able to apply for citizenship

39
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What were the Alien Acts?

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allowed President to deport aliens

40
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What was the Sedition Act?

A

Crime to speak and write false criticisms to try and weaken the government

41
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What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

A

The first amendment

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