WGU C963 - OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT SUPERSET 2023 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

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