Chapter 9

Question 1

What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?

Answer 1

Bill of Rights

Question 2

What amendment made up the Bill of Rights.

Answer 2

1st 10 Amendments

Question 3

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 3

A law is bill that gets passed and an amendment is a change to an existing law

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed

Answer 4

By 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states

Question 5

How does a amendment get ratified

Answer 5

By 3/4 of the state legislature

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st amendment protect

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own

Answer 7

Firearms

Question 8

What does the 4th amendment protect you from

Answer 8

Unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

Question 9

What amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes

Answer 9

5th amendment

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Process of law

Question 11

What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?

Answer 11

6th

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Claiming the BoR are the only Rights Americans have

Question 13

What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?

Answer 13

States or the people

Question 14

Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?

Answer 14

George Washington and John Adams

Question 15

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 15

Attorney general, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox

Question 16

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

Answer 16

State- Thomas Jefferson

Treasury- Alexander Hamilton

Question 17

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 17

Sec of Treasury

Question 18

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 18

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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Question 20

Who was John Jay?

Answer 20

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 21

What is a national debt?

Answer 21

The amount of money the govt owed

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Have the federal govt take care of it

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Southern because they owed less than the Northern would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate

Question 24

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

Answer 24

In exchange for the US capitol being moved to the south, Washington DC

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Fell within the intent of the constitution

Question 26

What is a tariff?

Answer 26

Tax on imported goods

Question 27

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 27

Uprising against the taxing power of the federal government

Question 28

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

Answer 28

He wanted to return to his home

Question 29

What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

Answer 29

Treasury-financial matters State-relations with other nations War Department- nations defenses

Question 30

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 30

Strong federal government ,rule by wealthy, and loose interpretation of the Constitution

Question 31

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 31

State banks, state governments, rule by people, strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Question 32

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 32

He believed they divided people and kept the government from working together

Question 33

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 33

Partisan

Question 34

Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?

Answer 34

Caucuses

Question 35

What was the crisis with France involving three agents that tried to get money from America?

Answer 35

XYZ Affair

Question 36

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 36

Naturalization, Alien, and Sedition

Question 37

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 38

Allowed Presidents to deport aliens

Question 39

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 39

Made it a crime to speak or write false criticism to try and weaken the government

Question 40

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 40

1st Amendment