The Bill of Rights
What are the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington.
What does the legislative branch of government do?
Makes the laws.
What are caravans?
Groups of families that would travel together.
Explain the difference between a producer and a consumer.
A producer is someone who makes a good or service to sell. A consumer is the person/people who buy the good or service.
What does the 1st Amendment guarantee?
The freedom of speech, religion, and press.
What is the presidential cabinet?
BONUS: How many cabinet members are there?
A group of trusted advisors who work with the President and offer a wide range of viewpoints.
BONUS: There are 16 members.
What does the executive branch of government do?
Explain what Daniel Boone did.
Daniel Boone led a group through the Cumberland Gap, which soon became the main path for pioneers. He also founded Boonesborough in Kentucky.
What kind of economy do we have in the United States (market or command)? Explain how it works.
Market; things are bought and sold freely throughout the country.
What does the 6th Amendment guarantee?
A fair and speedy trial.
What did the Federalists want the economy to be based on?
Business and trade.
What does the judicial branch of government do?
Decides what laws mean.
Interprets the laws.
Who was the third president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson.
What is inflation?
A rise in the usual price of many goods and services.
What does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?
The right to bear arms (own guns).
What did the Democratic-Republicans want the economy to be based on?
Farming and agriculture.
Whats another word for ordinances?
Laws.
Who did we buy the Louisiana Purchase from? How much did we pay?
France; $15 million.
If the supply of a product is low, and the demand is high, what will happen to the price of the item?
The price will rise.
What does thee 9th Amendment state?
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Made it harder for immigrants to become United States citizens, and made it a crime to speak poorly of the government.
What is Congress? What branch of government does it make up?
A lawmaking body/group of people.
Makes up the legislative branch of government.
Explain what Lewis and Clark did.
Lewis and Clark explored the new lands we gained from the Louisiana Purchase. They made maps and kept notes, as well as communicated with the Indigenous people about the land.
The economic connection between countries; one relies on the other to succeed.