WGU C963 – Vocabulary|| well explained|| complete solutions

Natural Rights correct answer: The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. State of Nature correct answer: A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. Due Process correct answer: The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all. Social Contract correct answer: An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. Political Ideologies correct answer: Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. Bicameral Legislature correct answer: A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. Popular Vote correct answer: An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes obtained. Virginia Plan correct answer: A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house. New Jersey Plan correct answer: A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote. Great Compromise correct answer: Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate. Three-Fifths Compromise correct answer: A compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress. Veto correct answer: The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.