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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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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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10 amendments

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What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

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A law is a bill the gets passed and an amendment is a chants to an excising 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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3/5 of the state legislatures

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What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

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Freedom and f 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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Unreasonable searches without probable cause

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What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

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5th

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

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Due to 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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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 could be used as protection against the powers of a national government

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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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Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

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Attorney general

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What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

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Secretary of war

17
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What act established a federal court system?

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Judiciary act

18
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Who was John jay?

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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

19
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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

20
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Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?

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They were against it

21
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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 it will strengthen the nations economy

22
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What is a tariff?

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Tax on imported goods

23
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

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A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal gov’t

24
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Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?

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He thought that political parties

25
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How did Washington feel about political parties?

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He thought that they divided people and kept the govern from working together

26
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What is favoring one side in a political decision?

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Federalist

27
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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 were meeting held by both parties to choose their candidate

28
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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 Affairs

29
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Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

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Naturalization act
Alien act
Sedition act

30
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What was the Naturalization Act?

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Had to have aliens live in the us for 14 years before being legal

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What were the Alien Acts?

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Allowed presidents to deport aliens

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What was the Sedition Act?

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A crime to speak and weaken the government

33
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What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

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First

34
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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department

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State department-

35
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What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department

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State department-

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