Chpt 8

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

By 2/3 of congress or 2/3 of states

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified

Answer 5

It must be ratified 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 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? (Placed as a result of the Sugar Act)

Answer 8

Protects against unreasonable searchers and seizures without probable cause

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

5th

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Cannot be deprived without due 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

Prevents the government from claiming that the bill of rights is the only rights Americans have

Question 13

What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection

Answer 13

Against the power of a national government

Question 14

Who were the first President and Vice President in American history

Answer 14

George Washington and John Adams was the vice

Question 15

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

Answer 15

State - handle relation with other nations
Treasury-deals with financial matters
War- deal with nations defense.

Question 16

Who makes up the cabinet of the President

Answer 16

Secretary of State , secretary of treasury secretary of war amp; the attorney general

Question 17

Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury

Answer 17

Thomas Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton

Question 18

What act established a federal court system

Answer 18

The judiciary act

Question 19

What could federal courts do to state laws if deemed necessary

Answer 19

They could overturn them

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 that the government owed

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Proposed a plan that would have the federal government take care of the state debts from the war

Question 23

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

Answer 23

The southern states were against this plan because they owed less than the northern states & 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

They agreed with the pan in exchange for the us capital to be 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

It fell within the intent of the constitution

Question 26

What is a tariff

Answer 26

Tax on imported goods

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 government

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Didn’t want the president to be like a king /new power

Question 30

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party

Answer 30

1. Favored a strong federal government
2. Rule by wealthy
3. Loose interpretation of the constitution

Question 31

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party

Answer 31

1.state banks 2. State governments 3. Rule by the people. 4. Strict interpretation of the constitution

Question 32

How did Washington feel about political parties

Answer 32

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 were meetings held by both parties to choose to their candidate

Question 35

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

Answer 35

France seized Americans ships that carried cargo to Great Britain because America wanted to trade with Britain and they sent three agents and demanded a bribe

Question 36

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair

Answer 36

Were created 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 a 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 to weaken the government

Question 40

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 40

1st amendment