Chapter 9 Flashcards
(40 cards)
What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Constitution
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
Bill oh rights
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
A law is. Bill that gets passed and an amendment is changed to an existing law
How does an amendment get proposed?
2/3s of congress or 2/3s of the state propose
How does an amendment then get ratified?
If 3/4s of the state legislatures vote
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom Speech religion assembly press and petitions
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Weapons
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)
Unreadable searches
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?
5th
What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?
Protects the govt from bor
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
Stats’s can be used as protects
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
State departments
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Tomas Jefferson, henery iodon Alexander hamlet on
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Alexander Hal ended
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Secretary of State
What act established a federal court system?
Judiciary act
What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary?
Could take state debate
Who was John Jay?
Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
A big debt
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
Take care of them
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
Southern states owned
