Chapter 9 Flashcards
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Bill of rights
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
The first ten
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
Law is a bill that gets passed on
Amendment is a change to a law
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3 of congress of 2/3of the states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
By 3/4 of the state legislature
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom of…speech,religion,assembly,press and petition
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Weapons ///fire arms
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
5th admendment
According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?
Process 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?
Claiming the bill of rights
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
George Washington and
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State department «Handle relations with other nations
Treasury department «financial matter
War department «nations defense
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Attorney general
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
.state*thomas Jefferson
Treasury *alexander Hamilton
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Sec. of treasury
What act established a federal court system?
.judicary act 1789
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
They could over turn laws
Who was John Jay?
.1st Chief Justice of the supreme courts
What is a national debt?
.the amount the govt owed Alexander Hamilton proposed a plan that would have federal government take care of the federal government care of the state debts from the war
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
.the southern states were against this plan house because they owed less than the northern states and would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
.the southern states
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
.in exchange for the us capital being moved to the south Washington DC
