WGU C963 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPLETE SOLUTION CERTIFICATION
⩥ State of Nature. Answer: A theory on how people might have lived
before societies came into existence.
⩥ Due Process. Answer: The requirement that government, when
dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally
applies to all.
⩥ Social Contract. 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. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
⩥ Bicameral Legislature. Answer: A lawmaking body that consists of
two separate chambers.
⩥ Popular Vote. Answer: An election in which the winner is determined
by the number of individual votes obtained.
,⩥ Virginia Plan. 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. Answer: A plan that called for a one-house national
legislature; each state would receive one vote.
⩥ Great Compromise. 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. 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. Answer: The power of the president to reject a law proposed by
Congress.
⩥ Checks and Balances. Answer: A system that allows one branch of
government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires
the different parts of government to work together..
, ⩥ Separation of Powers. Answer: The sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government.
⩥ Federal System. Answer: A form of government which power is
divided between state governments and a national government.
⩥ Enumerated Powers. Answer: The powers given explicitly to the
federal government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and
foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin money,
and conduct foreign affairs.
⩥ Reserved Powers. Answer: Any powers not prohibited by the
Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved to
the states and denied to the federal government.
⩥ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
⩥ Ratification. Answer: The action of signing or giving formal consent
to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
⩥ Republic. Answer: A system of government in which power is given
to the people through their ability to elect representatives who make
laws on their behalf.
COMPLETE SOLUTION CERTIFICATION
⩥ State of Nature. Answer: A theory on how people might have lived
before societies came into existence.
⩥ Due Process. Answer: The requirement that government, when
dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally
applies to all.
⩥ Social Contract. 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. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
⩥ Bicameral Legislature. Answer: A lawmaking body that consists of
two separate chambers.
⩥ Popular Vote. Answer: An election in which the winner is determined
by the number of individual votes obtained.
,⩥ Virginia Plan. 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. Answer: A plan that called for a one-house national
legislature; each state would receive one vote.
⩥ Great Compromise. 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. 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. Answer: The power of the president to reject a law proposed by
Congress.
⩥ Checks and Balances. Answer: A system that allows one branch of
government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires
the different parts of government to work together..
, ⩥ Separation of Powers. Answer: The sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government.
⩥ Federal System. Answer: A form of government which power is
divided between state governments and a national government.
⩥ Enumerated Powers. Answer: The powers given explicitly to the
federal government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and
foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin money,
and conduct foreign affairs.
⩥ Reserved Powers. Answer: Any powers not prohibited by the
Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved to
the states and denied to the federal government.
⩥ Political Ideologies. Answer: Coherent philosophies about the
structure, power, and purpose of government.
⩥ Ratification. Answer: The action of signing or giving formal consent
to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
⩥ Republic. Answer: A system of government in which power is given
to the people through their ability to elect representatives who make
laws on their behalf.
