WGU C963 - Objective Assessment
1. Major contributors to social contract theory✅✅ Hobbes, Locke,
Reasseau
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.
3. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution✅✅ Bill of Rights and the
Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)✅✅ The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)✅✅ people have
rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
,6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses✅✅ No executive, no judicial, no
power to tax, no power to regulate trade
7. Articles of Confederation - Strengths✅✅ Provided direction for the
Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal
with territorial issues and Native American relations.
8. New Jersey Plan✅✅ The proposal at the Constitutional Convention
that called for equal representation of each state in Congress
regardless of the state's population.
9. Virginia Plan✅✅ Proposal to create a strong national government
10.Constitutional Convention✅✅ A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
11.Three-Fifths compromise✅✅ 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.
12.Checks and Balances✅✅ A system that allows each branch of
,government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to
prevent abuse of power
13.Separation of Powers✅✅ Constitutional division of powers among
the legisla- tive, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative
branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law,
and the judiciary interpreting the law
14.Federalists✅✅ A term used to describe supporters of the
Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
15.Anti-Federalists✅✅ Opponents of the American Constitution at the
time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
16.Ratifying the Constitution✅✅ Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to
agree, it was ratified at state conventions
, 17.Federalist #10 (factions)✅✅ Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.
18.Federalist #51 (Madison)✅✅ Separation of powers, checks and
balances
19.Separations of Powers✅✅ The division of the federal government
into three branches each with its own powers
20.Government Branches✅✅ Three sections of the US government
legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that
restrict the other branches powers.
21.How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers✅✅
Con- gress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for
constitutionality Executive branch
enforces laws
22.system of checks and balances✅✅ Constitutional system in which
each branch of government places limits on the power of other
1. Major contributors to social contract theory✅✅ Hobbes, Locke,
Reasseau
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.
3. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution✅✅ Bill of Rights and the
Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)✅✅ The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)✅✅ people have
rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
,6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses✅✅ No executive, no judicial, no
power to tax, no power to regulate trade
7. Articles of Confederation - Strengths✅✅ Provided direction for the
Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal
with territorial issues and Native American relations.
8. New Jersey Plan✅✅ The proposal at the Constitutional Convention
that called for equal representation of each state in Congress
regardless of the state's population.
9. Virginia Plan✅✅ Proposal to create a strong national government
10.Constitutional Convention✅✅ A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
11.Three-Fifths compromise✅✅ 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.
12.Checks and Balances✅✅ A system that allows each branch of
,government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to
prevent abuse of power
13.Separation of Powers✅✅ Constitutional division of powers among
the legisla- tive, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative
branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law,
and the judiciary interpreting the law
14.Federalists✅✅ A term used to describe supporters of the
Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
15.Anti-Federalists✅✅ Opponents of the American Constitution at the
time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
16.Ratifying the Constitution✅✅ Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to
agree, it was ratified at state conventions
, 17.Federalist #10 (factions)✅✅ Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.
18.Federalist #51 (Madison)✅✅ Separation of powers, checks and
balances
19.Separations of Powers✅✅ The division of the federal government
into three branches each with its own powers
20.Government Branches✅✅ Three sections of the US government
legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that
restrict the other branches powers.
21.How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers✅✅
Con- gress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for
constitutionality Executive branch
enforces laws
22.system of checks and balances✅✅ Constitutional system in which
each branch of government places limits on the power of other
