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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 Ten Commandments

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What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

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A law is a bill that gets passed and an amendment is a change to an existing law.

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How does an amendment get proposed?

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An amendment may be proposed by 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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After an amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by ¾ of the state legislatures

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What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

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Speech,press,religion,petition on gov’t,assembly

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What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?

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Guns

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

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Unreasonable searches

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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

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

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Prevents the government from claiming the bill of rights are the only rights of Americans

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

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State government

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

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George Washington

John Adams

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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Departmen

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State- Handles relations with other countries
Treasury- deals with financial matters
War- deals with nations defense

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Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

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Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and the attorney general

17
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Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?

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Thomas Jefferson

18
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What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

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Sec of treasury

19
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What act established a federal court system?

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Judiciary act

20
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Who was John Jay?

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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

21
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What is a national debt?

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Amount of money the government owes

22
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What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?

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Made a plan that had federal government take care of state debts

23
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What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?

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South because the fighting was mostly in the north

24
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Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?

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Because they wanted the capital moved to Washington D.C

25
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Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?

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Because it fell within the intent of the constitution

26
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What is a tariff?

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Taxes on imported goods

27
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

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Civil uprising against the taxing power of federal gov

28
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Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?

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They had to change laws peacefully he wanted to give so,some else a turn

29
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What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

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Favored a strong federal gov’t

30
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What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

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State banks
State government
Rule by people
Strict interpretation of constitution

31
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How did Washington feel about political parties?

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Divided people and kept government from working together

32
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What is favoring one side in a political decision?

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Partisan

33
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Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidate

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Caucuses

34
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What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?

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XYZ

35
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Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

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Protect security of the nation

36
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What was the Naturalization Act?

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Aliens had to live in us before becaoming a citizen

37
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What were the Alien Acts?

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Allowed presidents to deport aliens when they were “a threat”

38
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What was the Sedition Act?

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Illegal to say bad things about the government

39
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What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

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1st

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