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?
A law is a bill the gets passed and an amendment is a chants to an excising law
How does an amendment get proposed?
By 2/3 of congress or 2/3 of the states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
3/5 of the state legislatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom and f speech, religion, assembly,press, and petition the government
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Firearms
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Unreasonable searches without probable cause
What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?
5th
According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?
Due to 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 are the only rights Americans have
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
States could be used as protection against the powers of a national government
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
George Washington and john Adams
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Attorney general
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of war
What act established a federal court system?
Judiciary act
Who was John jay?
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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?
They were against it
Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?
He said it will strengthen the nations economy
What is a tariff?
Tax on imported goods
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal gov’t
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
He thought that political parties
How did Washington feel about political parties?
He thought that they divided people and kept the govern from working together
What is favoring one side in a political decision?
Federalist
Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?
Caucuses were meeting held by both parties to choose their candidate
What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?
XYZ Affairs
Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?
Naturalization act
Alien act
Sedition act
What was the Naturalization Act?
Had to have aliens live in the us for 14 years before being legal
What were the Alien Acts?
Allowed presidents to deport aliens
What was the Sedition Act?
A crime to speak and weaken the government
What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?
First
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
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