WGU American Politics and the US
Constitution questions and answers
2024\2025 A+ Grade
What is a key aspect of John Locke's view of natural rights?
- correct answer They are granted by God and cannot be abolished by the government.
Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
- correct answer Alexander Hamilton
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
- correct answer The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
Why did the colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain?
- correct answer They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons.
Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confederation with a Congress?
- correct answer They wanted a government that protected state sovereignty.
What did the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that was finalized in
the Constitution establish?
- correct answer A two-chamber Congress
, What were the results of the three-fifths compromise?
- correct answer It allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population for the purpose
of representation.
What was a Federalist argument in support of the ratification of the Constitution?
- correct answer A strong national government is better for national defense and economic growth.
Which concept was James Madison referencing when he stated, "Ambition must be made to counteract
ambition" in Federalist, no. 51?
- correct answer Separation of powers and checks and balances
What is a judicial check on the executive branch?
- correct answer The Supreme Court can declare actions by the executive branch unconstitutional.
Which congressional action would be the result of the implied powers of Congress?
- correct answer Congress passes a law raising the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour.
What best explains why individual members of the Senate have more power than individual members of
the House of Representatives?
- correct answer The smaller total number of Senate members compared to the number of
representatives
What describes the equal proportions method of congressional apportionment?
- correct answer Congressional districts are drawn in order to maintain similar numbers of voters in each
district.
What describes the process of bills becoming laws in Congress?
- correct answer Bills change significantly through House and Senate revisions.
Which power does the president have under the Constitution?
- correct answer Appointing judges
What is a protection against an elected president abusing powers for personal gain?
- correct answer The power of Congress to impeach the president
Constitution questions and answers
2024\2025 A+ Grade
What is a key aspect of John Locke's view of natural rights?
- correct answer They are granted by God and cannot be abolished by the government.
Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
- correct answer Alexander Hamilton
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
- correct answer The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
Why did the colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain?
- correct answer They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons.
Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confederation with a Congress?
- correct answer They wanted a government that protected state sovereignty.
What did the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that was finalized in
the Constitution establish?
- correct answer A two-chamber Congress
, What were the results of the three-fifths compromise?
- correct answer It allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population for the purpose
of representation.
What was a Federalist argument in support of the ratification of the Constitution?
- correct answer A strong national government is better for national defense and economic growth.
Which concept was James Madison referencing when he stated, "Ambition must be made to counteract
ambition" in Federalist, no. 51?
- correct answer Separation of powers and checks and balances
What is a judicial check on the executive branch?
- correct answer The Supreme Court can declare actions by the executive branch unconstitutional.
Which congressional action would be the result of the implied powers of Congress?
- correct answer Congress passes a law raising the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour.
What best explains why individual members of the Senate have more power than individual members of
the House of Representatives?
- correct answer The smaller total number of Senate members compared to the number of
representatives
What describes the equal proportions method of congressional apportionment?
- correct answer Congressional districts are drawn in order to maintain similar numbers of voters in each
district.
What describes the process of bills becoming laws in Congress?
- correct answer Bills change significantly through House and Senate revisions.
Which power does the president have under the Constitution?
- correct answer Appointing judges
What is a protection against an elected president abusing powers for personal gain?
- correct answer The power of Congress to impeach the president
