WGU C963 (20) Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Major contributors to social contract theory
Answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Question 2: 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.
Question 3: Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
Answer: Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
Question 4: Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
Answer: The first eight Bill of Rights
Question 5: Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
Answer: people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Question 6: Articles of Confederation weaknesses
Answer: No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
Question 7: 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.
Question 8: 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.
Question 9: Virginia Plan
Answer: Proposal to create a strong national government
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, Question 10: Constitutional Convention
Answer: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Question 11: 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.
Question 12: 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
Question 13: 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
Question 14: Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state
legislatures.
Question 15: Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its
adoption.
Question 16: Ratifying the Constitution
Answer: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state conventions
Question 17: Federalist #10 (factions)
Answer: Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many factions.
Question 18: Federalist #51 (Madison)
Answer: Separation of powers, checks and balances
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Question 1: Major contributors to social contract theory
Answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Question 2: 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.
Question 3: Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
Answer: Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
Question 4: Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
Answer: The first eight Bill of Rights
Question 5: Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
Answer: people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Question 6: Articles of Confederation weaknesses
Answer: No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
Question 7: 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.
Question 8: 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.
Question 9: Virginia Plan
Answer: Proposal to create a strong national government
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, Question 10: Constitutional Convention
Answer: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Question 11: 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.
Question 12: 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
Question 13: 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
Question 14: Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state
legislatures.
Question 15: Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its
adoption.
Question 16: Ratifying the Constitution
Answer: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state conventions
Question 17: Federalist #10 (factions)
Answer: Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many factions.
Question 18: Federalist #51 (Madison)
Answer: Separation of powers, checks and balances
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