Chapter 9

Question 0

What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

State Department

Answer 0

Handle Relations With Other Nations

Question 1

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

Answer 1

President: George Washington

Vice President: John Adams

Question 2

What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

Treasury Department

Answer 2

Deals With Financial Matters

Question 3

What did each department of the Executive Branch deal with?

War Department

Answer 3

Deals With the Nation’s Defense

Question 4

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 4

Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War, along with the Attorney General

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton

Question 6

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 6

Secretary of Treasury

Question 7

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 7

The Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Declare Unconstitutional and throw out???

Question 9

Who was John Jay?

Answer 9

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 10

What is a national debt?

Answer 10

The amount a Government owes

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Make them all into one National Debt.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Southern States because they owed less than the Northern States & would have to pay more than their share to compensate.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The capital would be moved to the south, Washington DC

Question 14

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

Answer 14

He said it fell within the intent of the Constitution

Question 15

What is a tariff?

Answer 15

A tax on Imported Goods

Question 16

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 16

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government. (July 1794)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

He said that is how long a president can serve.

Question 18

What limits the power of the gov’t and protects the rights of the individual?

Answer 18

The Bill of Rights

Question 19

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 19

The first 10 amendments

Question 20

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 20

Freedom of- 
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Firearms ( Right to bear arms)

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Protects against unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause

Question 23

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 23

5th Ammendment

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Due process of law

Question 25

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

Answer 25

6th Amendment

Question 26

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

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The states

Question 28

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 28

Strong Federal Government Rule by the Wealthy Loose Interpretation of the Constitution

Question 29

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 29

Strong State Governments Rule by the people Strict interpretation of the Constitution Backed France

Question 30

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 30

They would divide the people and keep he government from working together

Question 31

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 31

Partisan

Question 32

Before the Election of 1796, what was held for the first time to determine Presidential candidates?

Answer 32

Caucuses

Question 33

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

Answer 33

XYZ Affair

Question 34

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 34

To protect the security of the nation and slow immigration

Question 35

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 35

Required aliens to live in the United States for 14 years before being able to apply for citizenship

Question 36

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 36

Allowed the president to deport aliens that were considered dangerous.

Question 37

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 37

It was a crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the government

Question 38

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 38

The 1st Ammendment

Question 39

What was affirmed by the KY and VA resolutions?

Answer 39

States' Rights