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What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?
Bill of rights
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
10
What is the difference between a law and an amendment?
Law is a bill that gets passed and an amendment is a change to an existing law
How does an amendment get proposed?
By 2/3 congress and 3/4 states
How does an amendment then get ratified?
By 3/4 of the state legislatures
What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?
Freedom Speech Religion Assembly Press Petition
What does the 2nd Amendment give you the right to own?
Own weapons
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 amendment
According to the 5th Amendment, natural rights cannot be taken away without what?
Due process of law
What amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury?
6th amendment
What does the 9th Amendment keep the government from doing?
Can’t say bill of rights are the only rights Americans have
What was given power in the 10th Amendment for protection?
National government
Who were the first President and Vice President in American history?
1st president: George Washington
Vice President: John Adams
What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?
handle relations with other nations
Who makes up the cabinet of the President?
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
Who was the first Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury?
Thomas Jefferson
Alex Hamilton
What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?
Sec of treasury
What act established a federal court system?
Judiciary act of 1789
Who was John Jay?
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is a national debt?
The amount of government owned
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with state debts after the war?
The federal government took care of the state debts
What area in America was against his plan and why did they feel this way?
Southern states; they would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate
Why did Hamilton feel that it was ok for him to create a national bank?
Said it fell within the intent of the constitution
What is a tariff?
Instituted to encourage people to buy American goods
Why did the South agree to accept Hamilton’s plan to lessen the national debt?
The Capitol being moved to the south, Washington, D.C.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
A civil uprising the taxing power of the federal government
Why did Washington not want to run for a third term to the Presidency?
He was tired
What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?
Favored strong federal government
Rule by wealthy
Loose interpretation of the constitution
What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?
State banks
State government
Rule by people
Strict interpretation of the constitution
How did Washington feel about political parties?
They divided people and kept 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 : France seized American ships that was carrying cargo to gb
Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?
Naturalization act
Alien act
Sedition act
What was the Naturalization Act
Required aliens to live in the us for at least 14 years before applying for citizenship
What were the Alien Acts?
Allowed president to deport aliens
What was the Sedition Act?
A crime to talk or write badly about government
What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?
1st
