WGU C963 OA EXAM QUESTIONS |
GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Powers under the Articles of Confederation - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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"
Virginia Plan - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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
The Great Compromises - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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
Articles of Confederation with a Congress - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
, Federalists - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ people who opposed the
Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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.
Federalist Paper # 51 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ •Written by James
Madison
•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 different
ways
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and
the Constitution? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The Articles of
Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Powers under the Articles of Confederation - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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"
Virginia Plan - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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
The Great Compromises - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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
Articles of Confederation with a Congress - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
, Federalists - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ people who opposed the
Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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.
Federalist Paper # 51 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ •Written by James
Madison
•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 different
ways
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and
the Constitution? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The Articles of
Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
