WGU C963 Objective Assessment|548 New Actual Questions and Answers|2025 Update 100% Correct natural rights - ANSWER - Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke - ANSWER - 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.State of Nature - ANSWER - Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality.Due Process - ANSWER - involves the government's obligation to treat all citizens fairly. Such a requirement lessens the extent to which government power can be exercised over the individual, making the power differential between the two more fair, and ensuring a general sense of political equality 1 / 4
Social Contract - ANSWER - A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) - ANSWER - One of the first individuals to contribute to the idea of the social contract was a pre-Enlightenment English philosopher Leviathan (1651): Thomas Hobbes - ANSWER - Hobbes argues that society is not something natural and immutable, but rather it is something created by us.Labor Movement - ANSWER - the formation of labor unions, during the 1880's, for the workers to receive better treatment by Constitution - ANSWER - A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society Bill of Rights - ANSWER - The first ten amendments to the Constitution 2 / 4
Declaration of Independence - ANSWER - the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain Thomas Jefferson - ANSWER - Wrote the Declaration of Independence Shays's Rebellion (1786-1787) - ANSWER - which almost resulted in potential mob rule, suggested there might be too much democracy at play, and that maybe individual liberty was going too far Articles of Confederation - ANSWER - A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.Federalist no. 51 - ANSWER - Argues that separation of powers within the national government is the best way to prevent the concentration of power in the hands of one person or a single group.First Amendment - ANSWER - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of 3 / 4
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.Second Amendment - ANSWER - Right to keep and bear arms Third Amendment - ANSWER - The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner Forth Amendment - ANSWER - It protects people against unfair searches of their homes; search and seizure.Fifth Amendment - ANSWER - A constitutional amendment designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and punishment without due process of law.Sixth Amendment - ANSWER - Right to a speedy and public trial
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