WGU C963 OA Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Powers under the 1
Articles of Confederation
Answer: . Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Question 2: Weaknesses of
the Articles of
Confederation
Answer: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
Question 3: New Jersey Plan
Answer: 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"
Question 4: Virginia Plan
Answer: James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
Senate: appointed by the legislature
Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
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, Question 5: The Great Compromises
Answer: 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
Question 6: Articles of Confederation with a
Congress
Answer: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Question 7: Federalists
Answer: supporters of the Constitution
Question 8: Anti-Federalists
Answer: people who opposed the Constitution
Question 9: Federalist Paper
#10
Answer: 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.
Question 10: Federalist Paper
Answer: - Written by James Madison
Question 11: #
Answer: - 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 ditterent ways
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Question 1: Powers under the 1
Articles of Confederation
Answer: . Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Question 2: Weaknesses of
the Articles of
Confederation
Answer: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
Question 3: New Jersey Plan
Answer: 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"
Question 4: Virginia Plan
Answer: James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
Senate: appointed by the legislature
Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
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, Question 5: The Great Compromises
Answer: 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
Question 6: Articles of Confederation with a
Congress
Answer: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Question 7: Federalists
Answer: supporters of the Constitution
Question 8: Anti-Federalists
Answer: people who opposed the Constitution
Question 9: Federalist Paper
#10
Answer: 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.
Question 10: Federalist Paper
Answer: - Written by James Madison
Question 11: #
Answer: - 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 ditterent ways
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