Chapter 9

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Bill of Rights

Question 2

What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

1st 10 Amendments

Question 3

What is the difference between a law and an amendment?

Answer 3

A law is bill that gets passed. A bill is a change to a law.

Question 4

How does an amendment get proposed?

Answer 4

2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states

Question 5

How does an amendment then get ratified?

Answer 5

3/4 of state legislatures

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 6

Speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Firearms

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

The 5th Amendment

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Due process of law

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The 6th Amendment

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Claiming the BoR are the only rights you have

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The states

Question 14

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

Answer 14

George Washington, John Adams

Question 15

State Department

Answer 15

Handle Relations w/ other nations

Question 16

Treasury Department

Answer 16

Deal w/ financial matters

Question 17

War Department

Answer 17

Deals w/ nations defense

Question 18

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 18

Secretary of Treasury, State, War, and Attorney General

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton

Question 20

What job title did Alexander Hamilton hold?

Answer 20

Secretary of Treasury

Question 21

What act established a federal court system?

Answer 21

Judiciary act

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Overturn state laws

Question 23

Who was John Jay?

Answer 23

1st Cheif Justice of the Surpreme Court

Question 24

What is a national debt?

Answer 24

The amount the gov’t owed

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Have the federal gov't take care of the state debts

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The south because they owed less than the North and would have to pay more than their fair share to compensate

Question 27

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

Answer 27

They wanted to exchange the capital to be in the South

Question 28

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

Answer 28

He said it fell within the consent of the constitution

Question 29

What is a tariff?

Answer 29

A tax on imported goods

Question 30

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 30

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government

Question 31

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

Answer 31

He wanted there to be different ideas and so the job would not become that of like the king

Question 32

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 32

Favored a strong central government, rule by wealthy, loose interpretation of the constitution

Question 33

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 33

State banks, state gov'ts, rule by the people, strict interpretation of the constitution

Question 34

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 34

Divided people and kept the gov't from working together

Question 35

What is favoring one side in a political decision?

Answer 35

Partisan

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Caucus

Question 37

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

Answer 37

The XYZ Affair

Question 38

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 38

Naturalization Act, Alien Acts, Sedition Act were created to protect the security of the nation and slow immigration.

Question 39

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 39

Required aliens to live in the US for fourteen years before being able to apply for citizenship

Question 40

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 40

Allowed President to deport aliens

Question 41

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 41

A crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the gov't

Question 42

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 42

The 1st Amendment