WGU C963 FINAL AMERICAN POLITICS AND
THE US CONSTITUTION ACTUAL
◉ Quality of Life. Answer: People have rights from god that the
government cannot take away. The social contract should protect
life, liberty, and property. (John Locke)
◉ Freedom of Choice. Answer: You cannot be "forced to be free" and
it should protect liberty (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
◉ State of Nature. Answer: How people may have lived before
societies came into existence
◉ Natural Rights. Answer: "Basic human rights" we choose how we
want to live
◉ Sovereignty. Answer: A person who has supreme power/authority
◉ Consensual political rule. Answer: People consent the government
to make rules to follow-allowing the government to tell you what
you can and can't do
,◉ Areas of the Constitution influenced by the Enlightenment.
Answer: John Locke's natural rights,
Rousseau's social contract in article 1 section 2 clause 1.
The separation of powers is found in articles 1,2 and 3.
◉ Enlightenment influence on bill of rights. Answer: Society and
government are created to protect and advance natural rights.
◉ Enlightenment influence on Deceleration of Independence.
Answer: Fundamental natural rights are life, liberty, and property to
which we are individually and equally entitled.
◉ Primary goals of the Articles of Confederation.. Answer: Limit the
national government's power, which in return provides greater state
sovereignty.
◉ Structure of Government under the Articles of Confederation.
Answer: unicameral congress=1 chamber;confederation
each state had only one vote in Congress
The central government was weaker than the states
,◉ Powers of government under Articles of Confederation. Answer:
Borrow and coin money,
Declare war,
Make treaties,
Alliance with other nations,
Regulate trade with Native Americans, and
Settle disputes among other states.
◉ Weakness of Article of Confederations. Answer: No power to tact
or interstate commerce or regulate trade. They could only request
money from the state., No national army or navy., No Judicial or
executive branches., Each state had one vote regardless of the size of
congress; The articles could not be changed without a unanimous
vote to do so.
◉ New Jersey Plan. Answer: Unicameral (one vote per state),
State-based (Each state is equally represented),
Small states are given the same power as the more significant states
in the national legislature,
Legislature gave all states one vote each regardless of the population
size.
◉ Virginia Plan. Answer: Bicameral,
population based,
, larger states would have more power than small states and the
national legislature,
Legislature in what states receive representation based on their
population.
◉ Major compromises of the constitutional convention. Answer:
Bicameral Legislature=senate and house reps
Two senators regardless of size representation
representation in the house would be based upon population
elected members of the house=2 years in office
appointed to the senate by each state political elite would serve a
term of 6 years
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise. Answer: Satisfied the concerns of the
South's concerns over counting their slave population by allowing
60% of the slave population to be counted for State representation
and tax purposes. Five slaves=3votes
THE US CONSTITUTION ACTUAL
◉ Quality of Life. Answer: People have rights from god that the
government cannot take away. The social contract should protect
life, liberty, and property. (John Locke)
◉ Freedom of Choice. Answer: You cannot be "forced to be free" and
it should protect liberty (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
◉ State of Nature. Answer: How people may have lived before
societies came into existence
◉ Natural Rights. Answer: "Basic human rights" we choose how we
want to live
◉ Sovereignty. Answer: A person who has supreme power/authority
◉ Consensual political rule. Answer: People consent the government
to make rules to follow-allowing the government to tell you what
you can and can't do
,◉ Areas of the Constitution influenced by the Enlightenment.
Answer: John Locke's natural rights,
Rousseau's social contract in article 1 section 2 clause 1.
The separation of powers is found in articles 1,2 and 3.
◉ Enlightenment influence on bill of rights. Answer: Society and
government are created to protect and advance natural rights.
◉ Enlightenment influence on Deceleration of Independence.
Answer: Fundamental natural rights are life, liberty, and property to
which we are individually and equally entitled.
◉ Primary goals of the Articles of Confederation.. Answer: Limit the
national government's power, which in return provides greater state
sovereignty.
◉ Structure of Government under the Articles of Confederation.
Answer: unicameral congress=1 chamber;confederation
each state had only one vote in Congress
The central government was weaker than the states
,◉ Powers of government under Articles of Confederation. Answer:
Borrow and coin money,
Declare war,
Make treaties,
Alliance with other nations,
Regulate trade with Native Americans, and
Settle disputes among other states.
◉ Weakness of Article of Confederations. Answer: No power to tact
or interstate commerce or regulate trade. They could only request
money from the state., No national army or navy., No Judicial or
executive branches., Each state had one vote regardless of the size of
congress; The articles could not be changed without a unanimous
vote to do so.
◉ New Jersey Plan. Answer: Unicameral (one vote per state),
State-based (Each state is equally represented),
Small states are given the same power as the more significant states
in the national legislature,
Legislature gave all states one vote each regardless of the population
size.
◉ Virginia Plan. Answer: Bicameral,
population based,
, larger states would have more power than small states and the
national legislature,
Legislature in what states receive representation based on their
population.
◉ Major compromises of the constitutional convention. Answer:
Bicameral Legislature=senate and house reps
Two senators regardless of size representation
representation in the house would be based upon population
elected members of the house=2 years in office
appointed to the senate by each state political elite would serve a
term of 6 years
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise. Answer: Satisfied the concerns of the
South's concerns over counting their slave population by allowing
60% of the slave population to be counted for State representation
and tax purposes. Five slaves=3votes
