WGU C963 OA EXAM |COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED EXPERT
SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST UPDATED
1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
3. New Jersey Plan: 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"
4. Virginia Plan: 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
5. The Great Compromises: 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
6. Articles of Confederation with a Congress: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
7. Federalists: supporters of the Constitution
8. Anti-Federalists: people who opposed the Constitution
9. Federalist Paper #10: 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. 10. Federalist Paper
# 51: •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
11. What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?: The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST UPDATED
1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
3. New Jersey Plan: 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"
4. Virginia Plan: 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
5. The Great Compromises: 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
6. Articles of Confederation with a Congress: 1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
7. Federalists: supporters of the Constitution
8. Anti-Federalists: people who opposed the Constitution
9. Federalist Paper #10: 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. 10. Federalist Paper
# 51: •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
11. What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?: The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
