WGU C963 OA Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Powers under the Articles of Confederation - Answer: 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 - Answer: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan - Answer: 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 - Answer: 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 - Answer: 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 - Answer: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists - Answer: supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists - Answer: people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 - Answer: 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 - Answer: •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
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Powers under the Articles of Confederation - Answer: 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 - Answer: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan - Answer: 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 - Answer: 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 - Answer: 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 - Answer: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists - Answer: supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists - Answer: people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10 - Answer: 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 - Answer: •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
