WGU C963 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED | GUARANTEED PASS 2026

WGU C963 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED | GUARANTEED PASS 2026 Natural Rights - answer-The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. State of Nature - answer-A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. Due Process - answer-The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all. Social Contract - answer-An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. Political Ideologies - answer-Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. Bicameral Legislature - answer-A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. Popular Vote - answer-An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes obtained. Virginia Plan - answer-A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house. New Jersey Plan - answer-A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote.Great Compromise - answer-Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate. Three-Fifths Compromise - answer-A compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress. Veto - answer-The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress. Checks and Balances - answer-A system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work together.. Separation of Powers - answer-The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government. Federal System - answer-A form of government which power is divided between state governments and a national government.