Chapter 9

Question 1

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 1

1st 10 amendments

Question 2

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 4

After an amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures .

Question 5

What five civil liberties does the 1st

Amendment protect?

Answer 5

Freedom of speech , religeon , assembly , press , and petition the government .

Question 6

What does the 2nd

Amendment give you the right to own?

Answer 6

Right to own firearms

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause .

Question 8

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 8

5th Amendment (the right to not give self incriminating evidence )

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Without due process of law

Question 10

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

Answer 10

6th amendment

Question 11

What does the 9th

Amendment keep the government from doing?

Answer 11

Prevents the government from claiming the Bill of Rights are the only rights Americans have

Question 12

What was given power in the 10th

Amendment for protection?

Answer 12

States

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Bill of Rights

Question 14

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

Answer 14

George washington is the first president and John adams is his VP

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 16

Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Attourny General

Question 17

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

Answer 17

State : Thomas Jefferson

Treasury : Alexander Hamilton

Question 18

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 18

Secratary 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

Federal courts could overturn state laws

Question 21

Who was John Jay?

Answer 21

1st cheif justice of the supreme court

Question 22

What is a national debt?

Answer 22

The amount the govt owed

Question 23

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

Answer 23

He proposed a plan that would have the federal govt take care of the state debts from the war

Question 24

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

Answer 24

The southern states were against this plan because they owed less than the northern states & would have to pay more than their fair share ro 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 capital being moved to the south , washington DC

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Intent of the constitution

Question 27

What is a tariff?

Answer 27

Instituted to encourage people to buy American goods. Tax on imported goods

Question 28

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 28

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal govt

Question 29

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

Answer 29

He didnt want the presidenscy to become like a king

Question 30

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 30

Favored a strong federal govt
Rule by wealthy
Loose interpretation of the constitution

Question 31

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 31

State banks
State govts
Rule by the people
Strict interpretation of the contituution

Question 32

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 32

Believed that political parties 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

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 ablecto apply for citizenship

Question 38

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 38

Allowed the president to deport aliens .

Question 39

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 39

A crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weakthe govt

Question 40

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 40

1st amendment