WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)2024/2025
Natural Rights - ANSWER The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
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.
Natural Rights - ANSWER The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
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.
