WGU C963 Objective Assessment
Questions and Answers
100% Correct Verified Answers
1. Major contributors to social contract theory
Answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory
Answer: 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
Answer: Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
Answer: The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
Answer: people have rights of life, liber- ty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses
Answer: No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
7. Articles of Confederation – Strengths
,Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: Proposal to create a strong national government
10. Constitutional Convention
Answer: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
11. Three-Fifths compromise
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial
,branches, with the legislative branch making law, the execu- tive applying and enforcing the
law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
14. Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification
debates in state legislatures.
15. Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were
contemplating its adoption.
16. Ratifying the Constitution
Answer: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state conventions
17. Federalist #10 (factions)
Answer: Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many factions.
18. Federalist #51 (Madison)
Answer: Separation of powers, checks and balances
19. Separations of Powers
Answer: The division of the federal government into three branches each with its own
powers
, 20. Government Branches
Answer: Three sections of the US government
legislative, ex- ecutive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other
branches powers.
21. How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers
Answer: Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
22. system of checks and balances
Answer: Constitutional system in which each branch of government places limits on the
power of other branches
23. Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches
Answer: Executive
Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions violate the
Constitution
Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
Questions and Answers
100% Correct Verified Answers
1. Major contributors to social contract theory
Answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory
Answer: 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
Answer: Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
Answer: The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
Answer: people have rights of life, liber- ty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses
Answer: No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
7. Articles of Confederation – Strengths
,Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: Proposal to create a strong national government
10. Constitutional Convention
Answer: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
11. Three-Fifths compromise
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial
,branches, with the legislative branch making law, the execu- tive applying and enforcing the
law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
14. Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification
debates in state legislatures.
15. Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were
contemplating its adoption.
16. Ratifying the Constitution
Answer: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state conventions
17. Federalist #10 (factions)
Answer: Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many factions.
18. Federalist #51 (Madison)
Answer: Separation of powers, checks and balances
19. Separations of Powers
Answer: The division of the federal government into three branches each with its own
powers
, 20. Government Branches
Answer: Three sections of the US government
legislative, ex- ecutive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other
branches powers.
21. How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers
Answer: Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
22. system of checks and balances
Answer: Constitutional system in which each branch of government places limits on the
power of other branches
23. Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches
Answer: Executive
Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions violate the
Constitution
Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
