Chapter 9

Question 1

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 1

Fisrt ten

Question 2

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 2

Lw is a bill an amendment is a change

Question 3

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 3

2/3 of congress or states

Question 4

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 4

3/4 of state legislatures

Question 5

What five civil liberties does the 1st

Amendment protect?

Answer 5

Speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of government

Question 6

What does the 2nd

Amendment give you the right to own?

Answer 6

Fire arms

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Unreasonable searches or seizures

Question 8

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 8

5th

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Due proccess of law

Question 10

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

Answer 10

6th

Question 11

What does the 9th

Amendment keep the government from doing?

Answer 11

Bill of rights isnt only rights citizens have

Question 12

What was given power in the 10th

Amendment for protection?

Answer 12

States can be used as protection against powers of govt

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Waahington, thomas jefferson

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Handles relations with other nations
Financial matters
Nations defense

Question 15

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 15

Thomas Jeferson
Alewander Hamilton
Henry Knox

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 17

Secretary of treasure

Question 18

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 18

Judiciary act of 1789

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Federal courts can overturn state laws

Question 20

Who was John Jay?

Answer 20

First Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 21

What is a national debt?

Answer 21

Amount govt owed

Question 22

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

Answer 22

The federal govt take care of state debts from war

Question 23

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

Answer 23

South they’d have to pay more

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Move capitol to south

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Fell within the intent of the constitution

Question 26

Tax on imported goods

Answer 26

Tariff

Question 27

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 27

Uprising against tthe taxing power og the government

Question 28

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

Answer 28

He did not want to feel like a king

Question 29

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 29

Favored strong federal govt Rule by wealthy Loose interpretstion of the constitution

Question 30

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 30

State banks State govt Rule by all the people

Question 31

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 31

Divided people and kept govt from working together

Question 32

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 32

Partison

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Answer here

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Xyz affair

Question 35

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 35

Answer here

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Bill of rights