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Powers under the Articles of Confederation -CORRECT ANS 1. Could exchange
Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation -CORRECT ANS no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan -CORRECT ANS William Paterson
Three Branches of Government
The states had the power
Every state had one vote
one chamber legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
Virginia Plan -CORRECT ANS James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
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Senate: appointed by the legislature
Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
The Great Compromises -CORRECT ANS 1. combined the two ideas from the
Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
2. The 3/5 slavery ruling
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
Articles of Confederation with a Congress -CORRECT ANS 1. representation based
on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists -CORRECT ANS supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists -CORRECT ANS people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 -CORRECT ANS Written by James Madison to convince people
to support the ratification of the constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable
but were best controlled by a large republic that employed a Federalist structure.
Argued that competition among factions would limit their negative impacts.
Federalist Paper # 51 -CORRECT ANS •Written by James Madison
•Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as independent.
•To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the
other branches
•By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny
•Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
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WGU C963 OA EXAM
WGU C963 OA EXAM | COMPLETELY SOLVED
|ALREADY PASSED! |LATEST VERSION
2026\27.
Powers under the Articles of Confederation -CORRECT ANS 1. Could exchange
Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation -CORRECT ANS no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan -CORRECT ANS William Paterson
Three Branches of Government
The states had the power
Every state had one vote
one chamber legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
Virginia Plan -CORRECT ANS James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
A+ GRADED 1
, 2
WGU C963 OA EXAM
Senate: appointed by the legislature
Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
The Great Compromises -CORRECT ANS 1. combined the two ideas from the
Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
2. The 3/5 slavery ruling
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
Articles of Confederation with a Congress -CORRECT ANS 1. representation based
on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists -CORRECT ANS supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists -CORRECT ANS people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 -CORRECT ANS Written by James Madison to convince people
to support the ratification of the constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable
but were best controlled by a large republic that employed a Federalist structure.
Argued that competition among factions would limit their negative impacts.
Federalist Paper # 51 -CORRECT ANS •Written by James Madison
•Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as independent.
•To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the
other branches
•By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny
•Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
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