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 a bill that gets passed and an Amendment is a change in an existing 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

By 3/4 of the State Legislature

Question 6

What five civil liberties does the 1st Amendment protect?

Answer 6

Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition the government

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

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

Question 9

What Amendment is important for people accused of committing crimes?

Answer 9

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

6th Amendment

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Flaming the Bill of Rights

Question 13

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

Answer 13

States

Question 14

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

Answer 14

George Washington and John Adams

Question 15

What did the State Department deal with?

Answer 15

Handles relations with other nations

Question 16

What did Treasury Department deal with?

Answer 16

Deals with financial matters

Question 17

What did War Department deal with?

Answer 17

Deals with nations defense

Question 18

Who makes up the cabinet of the President?

Answer 18

Secretary of State, secretary of Treasury, secretary of war, and attorney general

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Thomas Jefferson and 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 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 24

What is a national debt?

Answer 24

The amount the government owed

Question 25

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

Answer 25

He proposed a plan that would have the federal government take care of state debts

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The southern states because they owed more than the northern states and would have to pay their fair share to compensate

Question 27

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

Answer 27

In exchanged to the US capital being moved to the south, Washington DC

Question 28

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

Answer 28

He said a national bank feel within the intent of the constitution although it was never specifically stated

Question 29

What is a tariff?

Answer 29

A tax on an imported good

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 didn't want it to be like a king

Question 32

What are 3 aspects of the Federalist Party?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What are 4 aspects of the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 33

States banks, states governments, rule by the people, and strict interpretation of the constitution

Question 34

How did Washington feel about political parties?

Answer 34

He believed that political parties divided people and kept the government 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

Caucuses

Question 37

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

Answer 37

XYZ Affair

Question 38

Why were three acts created after the XYZ Affair?

Answer 38

Naturalization, Alien, and Sedition Act

Question 39

What was the Naturalization Act?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What were the Alien Acts?

Answer 40

Allowed President to deport aliens that were considered dangerous

Question 41

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 41

A crime to speak or write false criticism to try and weaken the government

Question 42

What Amendment did the Sedition Act contradict?

Answer 42

1st Amendment