WGU C963 OA Exam Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Powers under the 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
Articles of Con- 2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian
federation Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of no power to tax,
the Articles of President lacked power,
Confederation no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
3. New Jersey Plan 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"
4. Virginia Plan 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
5. The Great Com- 1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the
promises 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
6.
, WGU C963 OA Exam Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
Articles of Con- 1. representation based on the population
federation with a 2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Congress
7. Federalists supporters of the Constitution
8. Anti-Federalists people who opposed the Constitution
9. Federalist Paper Written by James Madison to convince people to support
#10 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 compe-
tition among factions would limit their negative impacts.
10. Federalist Paper • Written by James Madison
# 51 • 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 se-
lected in different ways
11. What was a ma- The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national
jor difference be- judiciary.
tween the Arti-
cles of Confed-
eration and the
Constitution?
12. Why did the They wanted a government based on the representation
framers design of the population.
the government
under the Arti-
cles of Confeder-
ation with a Con-
gress?
13. implied powers Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
1. Powers under the 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
Articles of Con- 2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian
federation Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of no power to tax,
the Articles of President lacked power,
Confederation no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
3. New Jersey Plan 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"
4. Virginia Plan 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
5. The Great Com- 1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the
promises 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
6.
, WGU C963 OA Exam Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
Articles of Con- 1. representation based on the population
federation with a 2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Congress
7. Federalists supporters of the Constitution
8. Anti-Federalists people who opposed the Constitution
9. Federalist Paper Written by James Madison to convince people to support
#10 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 compe-
tition among factions would limit their negative impacts.
10. Federalist Paper • Written by James Madison
# 51 • 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 se-
lected in different ways
11. What was a ma- The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national
jor difference be- judiciary.
tween the Arti-
cles of Confed-
eration and the
Constitution?
12. Why did the They wanted a government based on the representation
framers design of the population.
the government
under the Arti-
cles of Confeder-
ation with a Con-
gress?
13. implied powers Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
