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WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)
Question 1: Major contributors to social contract theory
CORRECT ANSWER : Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Question 2: Social Contract Theory
We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is important we define ourselves as individuals.
CORRECT ANSWER : We need food, clothing and shelter to
survive and nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is important we define ourselves as individuals.
Question 3: Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
CORRECT ANSWER: Bill of Rights and the Second
Amendment, Ninth Amendment
Question 4: Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
CORRECT ANSWER : The first eight Bill of Rights
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Question 5: Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
CORRECT ANSWER : people have rights of life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness
Question 6: Articles of Confederation weaknesses
CORRECT ANSWER : No executive, no judicial, no power to
tax, no power to regulate trade
Question 7: Articles of Confederation - Strengths
CORRECT ANSWER : Provided direction for the Revolution,
the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and Native American relations.
Question 8: New Jersey Plan
CORRECT ANSWER : The proposal at the Constitutional
Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
Question 9: Virginia Plan
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CORRECT ANSWER : Proposal to create a strong national
government
Question 10: Constitutional Convention
CORRECT ANSWER : A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
Question 11: Three-Fifths compromise
CORRECT ANSWER : Agreement that each slave counted as
three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral congress.
Question 12: Checks and Balances
CORRECT ANSWER : A system that allows each branch of
government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Question 13: Separation of Powers
CORRECT ANSWER : Constitutional division of powers among
the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the
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legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
Question 14: Federalists
CORRECT ANSWER : A term used to describe supporters of
the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
Question 15: Anti-Federalists
CORRECT ANSWER : Opponents of the American Constitution
at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
Question 16: Ratifying the Constitution
CORRECT ANSWER : Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to
agree, it was ratified at state conventions
Question 17: Federalist #10 (factions)
CORRECT ANSWER : Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.