Chapter 9 Flashcards
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
BoR
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
1st 2nd 4th 5th 6th 8th 9th and 10th
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
A law is a bill that gets passed and an amendment is a change to an existing law
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3 of congress or 2/3 of the states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
3/4 of the state legislatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Speech religion assembly press and petition
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 and seizures 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?
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 bor are the only rights Americans have
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
States
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history
John Adams and gorge whasingtion
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
State relations with other nations
Treasury financial matters
War nations defense
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Thomas Jeff, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Thomas Jeff and Alexander Hamilton
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Sec of treasury
What act established a federal court system?
Judiciary act of 1789
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
Over turn them
Who was John Jay?
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
The amount the govt owed
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
The federal government take care of them
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
Southern states they owed less and would have to pay more
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
The us capital being moved to the south Washington DC
Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?
It fell within the intent of the constitution
What is a tariff?
Tax on imported goods
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal govt
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
Political parties divided people and kept the govt from working together
What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?
A strong government, rule by wealth loose interpretation of the constitution
What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?
State banks state government rule by the people and strict interpretation of the constitution
How did Washington feel about political parties
He believed it divided people and kept the government from working together
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 affair
Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?
Naturalization alien and sedition acts
What was the Naturalization Act?
Aliens had to live in the us for 14 years before applying for citizenship
What were the Alien Acts?
President to deport aliens that were dangerous
What was the Sedition Act?
A crime to speak or write false criticism to try and weaken the government
What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?
1st
