C963 / C 963 Objective Assessment Exam (Latest
Update ) American Politics and the US
Constitution | Questions and Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct (Verified Answers). WGU
1. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution: Bill of Rights and the
Second
Amendment, Ninth Amendment
2. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment): The first eight Bill of Rights
3. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment): people have rights of
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
4. Articles of Confederation weaknesses: No executive, no judicial, no
power to tax, no power to regulate trade
5. Articles of Confederation - Strengths: Provided direction for the
Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with
territorial issues and Native American relations.
,6. New Jersey Plan: The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that
called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the
state's population.
7. Virginia Plan: Proposal to create a strong national government
8. Constitutional Convention: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
9. Three-Fifths compromise: 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.
10. Checks and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government
to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
11. Separation of Powers: 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
12. Federalists: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution
during ratification debates in state legislatures.
, 13. Anti-Federalists: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time
when the states were contemplating its adoption.
14. Ratifying the Constitution: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree,
it was ratified at state conventions
15. Federalist #10 (factions): Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.
16. Federalist #51 (Madison): Separation of powers, checks and balances
19. Separations of Powers: The division of the federal government into
three branches each with its own powers
20. Government Branches: Three sections of the US government:
legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the
other branches powers.
21. How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers:
Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
Update ) American Politics and the US
Constitution | Questions and Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct (Verified Answers). WGU
1. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution: Bill of Rights and the
Second
Amendment, Ninth Amendment
2. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment): The first eight Bill of Rights
3. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment): people have rights of
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
4. Articles of Confederation weaknesses: No executive, no judicial, no
power to tax, no power to regulate trade
5. Articles of Confederation - Strengths: Provided direction for the
Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with
territorial issues and Native American relations.
,6. New Jersey Plan: The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that
called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the
state's population.
7. Virginia Plan: Proposal to create a strong national government
8. Constitutional Convention: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
9. Three-Fifths compromise: 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.
10. Checks and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government
to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
11. Separation of Powers: 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
12. Federalists: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution
during ratification debates in state legislatures.
, 13. Anti-Federalists: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time
when the states were contemplating its adoption.
14. Ratifying the Constitution: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree,
it was ratified at state conventions
15. Federalist #10 (factions): Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.
16. Federalist #51 (Madison): Separation of powers, checks and balances
19. Separations of Powers: The division of the federal government into
three branches each with its own powers
20. Government Branches: Three sections of the US government:
legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the
other branches powers.
21. How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers:
Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
