WGU C181 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
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The process for stopping a filibuster - ANSWER ✓ CLOTURE
Values of government - ANSWER ✓ Freedom, order, equality
Freedom - ANSWER ✓ The absence of constraints on behavior
Order - ANSWER ✓ The protection of life and property
Equality - ANSWER ✓ Political equality-policy equality; political decision
making, voting
Equality of opportunity-(emphasizes the individual) everyone has the same
opportunity to succeed in life
Equality of outcome-(emphasizes the government) end result—equal pay for equal
work, limits your freedom, government forces outcome. Ex taxes funding social
programs
Anarchism - ANSWER ✓ values freedom the most, wants no forms of
government
Liberalism - ANSWER ✓ values equality
Totalitarianism - ANSWER ✓ values order; total government control
Laissez-faire - ANSWER ✓ extreme form of capitalism; free enterprise with no
government control
,Capitalism - ANSWER ✓ free enterprise with little government control
Socialism - ANSWER ✓ more government control
Communism - ANSWER ✓ government control of politics and economy
Libertarian - ANSWER ✓ (John Locke) Freedom
Conservative - ANSWER ✓ Freedom and Order
Liberal - ANSWER ✓ Freedom and Equality of Outcome
Communitarian - ANSWER ✓ Order and Equality of Outcome
Difference between conservatives and liberals - ANSWER ✓ Conservatives value
Economic freedom, low taxes, low gov't regulation of business
Liberals value Freedom and Equality of Outcome, Increased taxes to fund social
programs
Difference between liberalism and libertarian - ANSWER ✓ liberals value
Freedom and Equality of Outcome, Increased taxes to fund social programs
libertarians value Freedom; Little gov't control, Gov't only function is to protect
inalienable rights to ensure freedom
Differences between majoritarian and pluralist movels - ANSWER ✓ Majoritarian
model values participation by people; Gov't should be responsive to the people
Pluralist models value group participation"; Gov't should be responsive to interest
group
Declaration of Independence - ANSWER ✓ written by Thomas Jefferson
(influenced by John Locke); Independence from England; Revolutionary War
Articles of the Confederation - ANSWER ✓ Adopted 11/15/1777, Effective
3/1/1787, Compact among 13 original colonies,"first constitution", states had
power, one-branch congress
, Shays' Rebellion - ANSWER ✓ post Revolutionary Massachusetts 1786;
Protesting high taxes levied by state to paid wartime debt
Constitution - ANSWER ✓ Born out of Federal Convention May 1787, replaced
Articles of Confederation, inspired by Virginia Plan
Bill of Rights - ANSWER ✓ The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, prevent
the national government from tampering with fundamental rights and civil
liberties, and emphasize the limited character of national power.
Significance of Social Contract Theory - ANSWER ✓ Consent not force, people
agree to establish rules for certain purposes, but have the right to resist or remove
rules that violate those purposes
What is a republic? - ANSWER ✓ A government without a monarch, rooted in the
consent of the governed whose power is exercised by elected representatives
responsible to the governed
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - ANSWER ✓ One Branch
Congress, could not tax, coin money, raise an army, regulate trade/commerce
States had all power
No central leadership or cooperation among states
No court system
Hard to change, required unanimous agreement to amend
Key elements of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and the Great Compromise -
ANSWER ✓ Virginia Plan: separation of the government into three branches,
proportional representation in legislature
New jersey plan: a set of nine resolutions that would have, in effect, preserved the
Articles of Confederation by amending rather than replacing them
Great compromise: a plan calling for a bicameral legislature in which the House of
Representatives would be apportioned according to population
Key positions/arguments of the Federalists and Antifederalists - ANSWER ✓
Federalist: pro Constitution
Antifederalist: against Constitution
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS|UPDATED 2025 NEW
SYLLABUS UPGRADED
VERSION||100% GUARANTEED
PASS!!!<<BRAND NEW VERSION>>
The process for stopping a filibuster - ANSWER ✓ CLOTURE
Values of government - ANSWER ✓ Freedom, order, equality
Freedom - ANSWER ✓ The absence of constraints on behavior
Order - ANSWER ✓ The protection of life and property
Equality - ANSWER ✓ Political equality-policy equality; political decision
making, voting
Equality of opportunity-(emphasizes the individual) everyone has the same
opportunity to succeed in life
Equality of outcome-(emphasizes the government) end result—equal pay for equal
work, limits your freedom, government forces outcome. Ex taxes funding social
programs
Anarchism - ANSWER ✓ values freedom the most, wants no forms of
government
Liberalism - ANSWER ✓ values equality
Totalitarianism - ANSWER ✓ values order; total government control
Laissez-faire - ANSWER ✓ extreme form of capitalism; free enterprise with no
government control
,Capitalism - ANSWER ✓ free enterprise with little government control
Socialism - ANSWER ✓ more government control
Communism - ANSWER ✓ government control of politics and economy
Libertarian - ANSWER ✓ (John Locke) Freedom
Conservative - ANSWER ✓ Freedom and Order
Liberal - ANSWER ✓ Freedom and Equality of Outcome
Communitarian - ANSWER ✓ Order and Equality of Outcome
Difference between conservatives and liberals - ANSWER ✓ Conservatives value
Economic freedom, low taxes, low gov't regulation of business
Liberals value Freedom and Equality of Outcome, Increased taxes to fund social
programs
Difference between liberalism and libertarian - ANSWER ✓ liberals value
Freedom and Equality of Outcome, Increased taxes to fund social programs
libertarians value Freedom; Little gov't control, Gov't only function is to protect
inalienable rights to ensure freedom
Differences between majoritarian and pluralist movels - ANSWER ✓ Majoritarian
model values participation by people; Gov't should be responsive to the people
Pluralist models value group participation"; Gov't should be responsive to interest
group
Declaration of Independence - ANSWER ✓ written by Thomas Jefferson
(influenced by John Locke); Independence from England; Revolutionary War
Articles of the Confederation - ANSWER ✓ Adopted 11/15/1777, Effective
3/1/1787, Compact among 13 original colonies,"first constitution", states had
power, one-branch congress
, Shays' Rebellion - ANSWER ✓ post Revolutionary Massachusetts 1786;
Protesting high taxes levied by state to paid wartime debt
Constitution - ANSWER ✓ Born out of Federal Convention May 1787, replaced
Articles of Confederation, inspired by Virginia Plan
Bill of Rights - ANSWER ✓ The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, prevent
the national government from tampering with fundamental rights and civil
liberties, and emphasize the limited character of national power.
Significance of Social Contract Theory - ANSWER ✓ Consent not force, people
agree to establish rules for certain purposes, but have the right to resist or remove
rules that violate those purposes
What is a republic? - ANSWER ✓ A government without a monarch, rooted in the
consent of the governed whose power is exercised by elected representatives
responsible to the governed
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - ANSWER ✓ One Branch
Congress, could not tax, coin money, raise an army, regulate trade/commerce
States had all power
No central leadership or cooperation among states
No court system
Hard to change, required unanimous agreement to amend
Key elements of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and the Great Compromise -
ANSWER ✓ Virginia Plan: separation of the government into three branches,
proportional representation in legislature
New jersey plan: a set of nine resolutions that would have, in effect, preserved the
Articles of Confederation by amending rather than replacing them
Great compromise: a plan calling for a bicameral legislature in which the House of
Representatives would be apportioned according to population
Key positions/arguments of the Federalists and Antifederalists - ANSWER ✓
Federalist: pro Constitution
Antifederalist: against Constitution
