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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 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution

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What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

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A law is an amendment 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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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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By 3/4 of the state legislatures

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What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

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Speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition the government

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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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The 5th

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

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due 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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The 6th

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

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Claiming the 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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George Washington and John Adams

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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

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State department, treasury department, and war department

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State Department

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Handles relations with other nations

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Treasury Department

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Deals with financial matters

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War Department

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Deals with nation’s defense

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Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

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Secretary of State, secretary of war, and the secretary of treasury

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

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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

21
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What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

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Secretary of treasury

22
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What act established a federal court system?

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Judiciary Act of 1789

23
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What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?

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Overturn them

24
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Who was John Jay?

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1st chief justice of the Supreme Court

25
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What is a national debt?

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The amount the government owed

26
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What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?

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The federal government would take care of the states debts from the war

27
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What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?

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The southern states, because they would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate

28
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Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?

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The US capital would be moved to the South, Washington DC

29
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Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?

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He said that it fell within the intent of the Constitution

30
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What is a tariff?

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Tax on imported goods

31
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

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A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government

32
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Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?

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

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What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

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Favored a strong government, rule by wealthy, loose interpretation of the Constitution

34
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What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

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State banks, state governments, ruled by people, strict interpretation of the constitution

35
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How did Washington feel about political parties?

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Divided people

36
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What is favoring one side in a political decision?

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Partisan

37
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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- meetings to choose candidates

38
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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 Affair

39
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Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

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To protect the security of the slow immigration

40
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What was the Naturalization Act?

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Required aliens to live in the US for 14 years before being able to apply for citizenship

41
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What were the Alien Acts?

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Allowed the president to deport aliens

42
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What was the Sedition Act?

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A crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the government

43
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What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

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The 1st amendment

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