WGU C963 - Objective Assessment Superset 2023/2024 LATEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

Major contributors to social contract theory - ANSWER Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau 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. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution - ANSWER Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment Bill of Rights (Enlightenment) - ANSWER The first eight Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment) - ANSWER people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Articles of Confederation weaknesses - ANSWER No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade 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. 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. Virginia Plan - ANSWER Proposal to create a strong national government Constitutional Convention - ANSWER A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution 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.