Bill of Rights
The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights, as ratified in 1791.
What is 10?
The 2nd amendment gives which rights.
What is the right to bear arms?
The method of sharing power between a strong national government and the individual states is know as _____________
What is Federalism?
As the 1st president, George Washington set this for future presidents
What is precedence?
These were the 2 candidates in the Election of 1800.
Who are Jefferson and Adams?
Rights are speech, assembly, petition, press, religion.
What is the First Amendment?
Even if found guilty of a crime, the 8th amendment stops the government from...
What is torturing people aka Cruel and Unusual punishment?
Double Jeopardy
The 2 reasons for having 3 equal branches of government.
What is separation of powers & checks and balances?
Washington's advice on US under one government
What is to preserve the Union above all else?
These 2 candidates faced off in Congress to get elected president and vice-president.
Who are Jefferson and Burr?
The Bill of Rights secure these for the people
What are basic rights/liberties/freedoms?
This amendment concerns the rights of individuals on trial and guarantees the right to a lawyer
What is the 6th Amendment?
Article 1 gives this branch this power
What is Legislative branch to make laws?
Alexander Hamilton developed a controversial plan which included this
What is a National Bank?
This was a direct result of the chaos of the election of 1800 to clarify the confusion of president and vice-president.
What is the 12th Amendment?
4th Amendment protects you from...
What is unreasonable search and seizure?
This amendment forbids the government from making a person be a witness against themselves aka No Self-Incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Article 2 outlines the powers of this branch
What is the Executive Branch?
This quote "Promote institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge" is about this category of advice from Washington?
What is Need for Education?
The reason why the Election of 1800 was so important is because it set this precedent.
What is the peaceful transfer of power?
This Amendment says the government cannot place soldiers in your home
What is the Third Amendment?
A man is arrested and not put on trial for years. This part of the 6th amendment has been violated.
What is Right to a Speedy Trial?
The Judicial Branch gets its powers from this article
What is Article 3?
Double Jeopardy
In addition to the National Bank, Name the 2 concepts of Hamilton's Economic Policy
What is Assumption and Non-Discrimination?
The campaign for president was pretty dirty. Name one thing Jefferson or Adams said about their opposing candidate
What is (Adams) "If Jefferson wins, murder, robbery, etc will be openly taught and practiced"
or (Adams) Jefferson = no God!
or (Jefferson) Adams = His Rotundity (he's a fat monarch)
or (Jefferson) Federalists were out of touch with the average American?