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?
10 amendments
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
An amendment is a change of a law
A law is added
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3 of congress or 2/3 of states after that it is ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures
How does an amendment then get ratified?
3/4 of legislators
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom of speech,religion,assembly,press and petition the government
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Citizens can have weapons
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
5th amendment
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 amendment
What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?
Prevents the government from saying that the bill of rights are the only rights Americans have
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection.
The states could protect against the power of the national government
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
George Washington and John Adams
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
State department-relations with other nations
Treasury department-deal with financial problems
War department-deals with country’s defense
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Secretary of State, Secretary of treasury,
Secretary of war, and the attorney general
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of treasury
What act established a federal court system?
The Judiciary act
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
Over turn state laws
Who was John Jay?
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
Money that the government owned
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
Join all debts
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
The south
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
They were gonna move the capital to the south.
Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?
Fell in the the intent of the constitution
What is a tariff?
Tax on imported goods
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
Upraising on tax from the government
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
He didn’t want the president to be like a king
What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?
Strong federal government
Rule by wealthy
Loose interpretation of the constitution
What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?
State banks
State government
Rule by people
Strict interpretation of the constitution
How did Washington feel about political parties?
He felt that it would just separate the people more
What is favoring one side in a political decision?
Partisan
Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?
Caucuses
What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?
XYZ
Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?
Naturalization act
Alien Act
Sedition act
What was the Naturalization Act?
An alien had to wait 14 years to apply for citizen ships
What were the Alien Acts?
Allowed president to deport aliens
What was the Sedition Act?
Criticism about the government that makes it weak
What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?
1st amendment
