Chapter 9 Study Guide

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

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 4

It gets proposed by 2/3 of congress or 2/3 of the states

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 5

By 3/4 of the state legislatures

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 6

Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition the gov’t

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Firearms (the right to bare arms)

Question 8

What does the 4th Amendment protect you from? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)

Answer 8

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

6th amendment

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Due process of law

Question 11

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

Answer 11

6th amendment

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Claiming that the Bill of Rights are the only rights Americans have

Question 13

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

Answer 13

States could be used as protection against the powers of a national gov’t

Question 14

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

Answer 14

President:George Washington

Vice President:John Adams

Question 15

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

Answer 15

State Department: handle relations w/ other nations
Treasury Department:deal w/ financial matters
War Department:deals w/ nations defense

Question 16

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 16

Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney General

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Secretary of State:Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton

Question 18

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 18

Secretary of Treasury

Question 19

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 19

The Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Overturn state laws

Question 21

Who was the 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer 21

John Jay

Question 22

What is national debt?

Answer 22

The amount the gov’t owed

Question 23

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

Answer 23

He wanted to combine it into one national debt

Question 24

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

Answer 24

The Southern States because they owned less than the Northern States and would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate

Question 25

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

Answer 25

In exchange for the US Capitol being moved to the South, Washington D.C.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

It fell within the intent of the Constitution

Question 27

What is a tariff?

Answer 27

Tax on imported goods

Question 28

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

He believed that we needed a new president with new ideas

Question 30

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 30

• favored a strong federal government
• rule by wealthy
• loose interpretation of the Constitution

Question 31

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 31

• state banks
• state governments
• rule by the people
• strict interpretation of the constitution

Question 32

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 32

That political parties divided people and kept the government from working together

Question 33

What does partisan mean?

Answer 33

favoring one side in a political decision

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

To protect the security of the nation and slow immigration

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 president to deport aliens

Question 39

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 39

A crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the gov.

Question 40

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 40

1st Amendment