WGU C963 - American Politics and the U.S. Constitution-Q&A
Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What was a Federalist argument in support of the ratification of the Constitution?
Answer: A strong national government is better for national defense
and economic growth.
Question 2: Which concept was James Madi- Se
son referencing when he stated, "Ambition must be made to
counteract ambition" in Federalist, no. 51?
Answer: eparation of powers and checks and balances
Question 3: What is a judicial check on the
executive branch?
Answer: The Supreme Court can declare actions by the executive
branch unconstitutional.
Question 4: What describes dual federalism?
Answer: State government and national government have exclusive
authority in clearly defined jurisdictions.
Question 5: What was a major difference
between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
Answer: The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national
judiciary.
Question 6: Why did the framers design the Th
government under the Articles
of Confederation with a Congress?
Answer: ey wanted a government based on the representation of
the population.
Question 7: What did the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan
and the New Jersey Plan that
was finalized in the Constitution establish?
Answer: A two-chamber Congress
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, Question 8: What were the results of the
three-fifths compromise?
Answer: 1 /
It allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their enslaved
population for the purpose of representation.
Question 9: Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
Answer: James Madison
Question 10: Why did the colonists oppose
being taxed by Great Britain?
Answer: They did not have elected representatives in the House of
Commons.
Question 11: Which power does the president have under the Constitution?
Answer: Appointing judges
Question 12: What is a protection against an
elected president abusing powers for personal gain?
Answer: The power of Congress to impeach the president
Question 13: What is the purpose of executive agreements?
Answer: To establish agreements with foreign countries without congressional approval
Question 14: What are implied powers?
Answer: powers used by the national government that are not expressly written in the Constitution but
that are assumed
through interpretation.
Question 15: What are expressed or enumer- po
ated powers?
Answer: owers specifically stated in the constitution
Question 16: What are reserved powers?
Answer: Powers not listed in the constitution that only the states have.
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Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What was a Federalist argument in support of the ratification of the Constitution?
Answer: A strong national government is better for national defense
and economic growth.
Question 2: Which concept was James Madi- Se
son referencing when he stated, "Ambition must be made to
counteract ambition" in Federalist, no. 51?
Answer: eparation of powers and checks and balances
Question 3: What is a judicial check on the
executive branch?
Answer: The Supreme Court can declare actions by the executive
branch unconstitutional.
Question 4: What describes dual federalism?
Answer: State government and national government have exclusive
authority in clearly defined jurisdictions.
Question 5: What was a major difference
between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
Answer: The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national
judiciary.
Question 6: Why did the framers design the Th
government under the Articles
of Confederation with a Congress?
Answer: ey wanted a government based on the representation of
the population.
Question 7: What did the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan
and the New Jersey Plan that
was finalized in the Constitution establish?
Answer: A two-chamber Congress
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, Question 8: What were the results of the
three-fifths compromise?
Answer: 1 /
It allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their enslaved
population for the purpose of representation.
Question 9: Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
Answer: James Madison
Question 10: Why did the colonists oppose
being taxed by Great Britain?
Answer: They did not have elected representatives in the House of
Commons.
Question 11: Which power does the president have under the Constitution?
Answer: Appointing judges
Question 12: What is a protection against an
elected president abusing powers for personal gain?
Answer: The power of Congress to impeach the president
Question 13: What is the purpose of executive agreements?
Answer: To establish agreements with foreign countries without congressional approval
Question 14: What are implied powers?
Answer: powers used by the national government that are not expressly written in the Constitution but
that are assumed
through interpretation.
Question 15: What are expressed or enumer- po
ated powers?
Answer: owers specifically stated in the constitution
Question 16: What are reserved powers?
Answer: Powers not listed in the constitution that only the states have.
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