Chapter 9

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Bill of Rights

Question 2

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

The first Ten Commandments

Question 3

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 4

An amendment may be proposed by 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Guns

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Unreasonable searches

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

5th Amendment

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Process of law

Question 11

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

Answer 11

6th

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

State government

Question 14

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

Answer 14

George Washington

John Adams

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 18

Sec of treasury

Question 19

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 19

Judiciary act

Question 20

Who was John Jay?

Answer 20

First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 21

What is a national debt?

Answer 21

Amount of money the government owes

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

South because the fighting was mostly in the north

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Because they wanted the capital moved to Washington D.C

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Because it fell within the intent of the constitution

Question 26

What is a tariff?

Answer 26

Taxes on imported goods

Question 27

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 27

Civil uprising against the taxing power of federal gov

Question 28

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

Answer 28

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

Question 29

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 29

Favored a strong federal gov’t

Question 30

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 30

State banks
State government
Rule by people
Strict interpretation of constitution

Question 31

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 31

Divided people and kept government from working together

Question 32

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 32

Partisan

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Caucuses

Question 34

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

Answer 34

XYZ

Question 35

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 35

Protect security of the nation

Question 36

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 36

Aliens had to live in us before becaoming a citizen

Question 37

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 38

Illegal to say bad things about the government

Question 39

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 39

1st