Presidents, Constitution, and RI Flashcards
Presidents 1789 - 1861
1. George Washington (1789-1797) John Adams (1789-1797)
2. John Adams (1797-1801) Thomas Jefferson (1797-1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Aaron Burr (1801-1805) George Clinton (1805-1809)
- James Madison (1809-1817)
- James Monroe (1817-1825)
- John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
- Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
- Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
- William Henry Harrison (1841)
- John Tyler (1841-1845)
- James K. Polk (1845-1849)
- Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
- Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
- Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
- James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Presidents 1861 - 1901
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865) Andrew Johnson (1865)
- Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
20. James A. Garfield (1881) Chester Arthur (1881) 21. Chester Arthur (1881-1885) None (1881-1885) 22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
- Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
- Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
- William McKinley (1897-1901)
Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
None (1899-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
Presidents 1901 - 1933
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) None (1901-1905) Charles Fairbanks (1905-1909)
- William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
- Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
- Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1921-1923) - Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
- Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Presidents 1933 - present
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
- Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Richard Nixon (1953-1961) 35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963) 36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) None (1963-1965) Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969) 37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Spiro Agnew (1969-1973)
Gerald Ford (1973-1974) 38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
- Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
- Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
41. George Bush (1989-1993) Dan Quayle (1989-1993) 42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Al Gore (1993-2001)
43. George W. Bush (2001-2009) Dick Cheney (2001-2009)
44. Barack Obama (2009-2017) Joe Biden (2009-2017)
45. Donald Trump (2017- ) Mike Pence (2017- )
How many amendments, which are the Bill of Rights, and how to ratify a constitutional amendment?
27 Amendments. The first ten were enacted simultaneously and are the Bill of Rights.
Article Five of the Constitution lays out the process for amending the Constitution:
To get it sent to the States, need either a 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate OR a national convention called by Congress on the application of 2/3 the state legislatures
To then have it added to the Constitution, 3/4 of the state legislatures must ratify within the time period required (if any) OR state ratifying conventions held within 3/4 of the states.
What amendments did RI vote against, but become part of Constitution any way?
The 16th (income tax) and 18th (prohibition). RI never ratified prohibition.
How can the president be impeached?
Any federal official may be impeached for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The House has the sole power of impeaching, while the Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. Removal is automatic upon Senate conviction (no judicial review).
Who recommended impeachment be added to the Constitution, and why?
At the Philadelphia Convention, Benjamin Franklin said that, historically, the removal of “obnoxious” chief executives had been accomplished by assassination. Franklin suggested that a proceduralized mechanism for legal removal—impeachment—would be preferable
Historically, who has been impeached?
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached by House but acquitted by the Senate. Nixon resigned before House voted to impeach.
When did RI become a state?
On May 4, 1776, the colony of RI was the first of the 13 colonies to renounce allegiance to the crown.
It was the 4th state to ratify the articles of confederation.
It was the last state to ratify the Constitution, having initially refused to do so, on May 29, 1790—after assurances the Bill of Rights would be added to it.
Who was Roger Williams?
He was a theologian who was forced out of Massachusetts Bay Colony and who founded (with others) Providence Plantation seeking religious and political tolerance.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
She and other religious dissenters settled on Aquidneck Island (then known as RI), which was purchased from local tribes who called it Pocasset. The settlement was called Portsmouth and governed by the Portsmouth Compact.
Apportionment
RI likely to lose congressional seat in 2020.
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Second Amendment
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Third Amendment
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
Sixth Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Seventh Amendment
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.
Eighth Amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Ninth Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
