OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEW!!! #/
LATEST VERSION UPDATED AND REVISED IN
2025
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.
,Checks and Balances - ANSWER ->A system that allows
each branch of government to limit the powers of the
other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Separation of Powers - ANSWER ->Constitutional division
of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
executive applying and enforcing the law, and the
judiciary interpreting the law
Federalists - ANSWER ->A term used to describe
supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates
in state legislatures.
Anti-Federalists - ANSWER ->Opponents of the American
Constitution at the time when the states were
contemplating its adoption.
Ratifying the Constitution - ANSWER ->Article VII, 9 out of
13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state
conventions
Federalist #10 (factions) - ANSWER ->Elites can never
take over rule of the government due to too many
factions.
, Federalist #51 (Madison) - ANSWER ->Separation of
powers, checks and balances
Separations of Powers - ANSWER ->The division of the
federal government into three branches each with its
own powers
Government Branches - ANSWER ->Three sections of the
US government: legislative, executive, and judicial. Each
branch has powers that restrict the other branches
powers.
How are laws made and enforced using the separation of
powers - ANSWER ->Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
system of checks and balances - ANSWER -
>Constitutional system in which each branch of
government places limits on the power of other branches
Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative
and executive branches - ANSWER ->Executive:
LATEST VERSION UPDATED AND REVISED IN
2025
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.
,Checks and Balances - ANSWER ->A system that allows
each branch of government to limit the powers of the
other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Separation of Powers - ANSWER ->Constitutional division
of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
executive applying and enforcing the law, and the
judiciary interpreting the law
Federalists - ANSWER ->A term used to describe
supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates
in state legislatures.
Anti-Federalists - ANSWER ->Opponents of the American
Constitution at the time when the states were
contemplating its adoption.
Ratifying the Constitution - ANSWER ->Article VII, 9 out of
13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state
conventions
Federalist #10 (factions) - ANSWER ->Elites can never
take over rule of the government due to too many
factions.
, Federalist #51 (Madison) - ANSWER ->Separation of
powers, checks and balances
Separations of Powers - ANSWER ->The division of the
federal government into three branches each with its
own powers
Government Branches - ANSWER ->Three sections of the
US government: legislative, executive, and judicial. Each
branch has powers that restrict the other branches
powers.
How are laws made and enforced using the separation of
powers - ANSWER ->Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
system of checks and balances - ANSWER -
>Constitutional system in which each branch of
government places limits on the power of other branches
Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative
and executive branches - ANSWER ->Executive:
