WGU C963 - Objective Assessment Superset & Lesson Quizzes Unit Tests Latest Updated 2022.

WGU C963 - Objective Assessment Superset & Lesson Quizzes Unit Tests Latest Updated 2022. Unit 2 Lesson 2: Enlightened Ideas in the Founding Documents 1. Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? a. The Bill of rights b. The Declaration of Independence c. The Social Contract d. The Constitution The potential for the tyranny of factional majority was a key consideration at the time of the drafting of the Constitution. The framers drew upon Montesquieu's principles in an effort to offset factions. 2. What is the Enlightenment? Select the two correct answers. a. The source of our ideas about natural rights b. Where democratic government is invented. c. A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages. d. A revival of Roman Catholicism. The Enlightenment, which took place after the Middle Ages, , occurred mainly in Great Britain, France, and Germany and its philosophy produced the idea of natural rights. 3. Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? Select the three correct answers. a. Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights. b. Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of liberty and property. c. The colonists are attracted to the idea of the divine right of kings. d. The colonists have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's ideas about government by consent. Those who settled the American colonies were seeking freedom and opportunity, and Locke's ideas about the consent to be governed and the right to rebellion had a major influence in the establishment of American government. Early Americans were not drawn to the idea of the divine right of kings. 4. How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? Select the two correct answers. a. The conflict among ideas leads to an increasingly undemocratic system of government. b. The conflict between popular government and the separation of powers creates an ideal balance of interests. c. The Constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to the democratic expression of the popular will. d. The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important social needs. The separation of powers in the Constitution works to undermine popular democratic input and control, but even when dealing with important social needs, protection of private property limits the government's actions. 5. Which ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? Select the two correct answers. a. The natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness b. The idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights c. The purpose of government is to secure justice for all people d. The ideas of Thomas Hobbes The Declaration specifically mentions life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as well as the idea that people have the right to create or abolish governments if their natural rights are at risk. 6. In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? Select the two correct answers. a. The Constitution elevates the rights of property. b. The Constitution expands the list of natural rights. c. The Constitution is more concerned with controlling rather than expressing the popular will. d. The Constitution makes justice more important than liberty. While the Declaration emphasized liberty and expressing the popular will, the Constitution was designed to control popular will and support justice. 7. What type of rights are contained in the Bill of Rights? Select the two correct answers. a. The Bill of Rights contains natural rights. b. The Bill of Rights contains objective rights. c. The Bill of Rights contains procedural rights. d. The Bill of Rights contains consensus rights. In truth, the Bill of Rights contains both natural rights and procedural rights. 8. The Constitution's first three articles create separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches, is consistent with: a. Jean Jacques Rousseau's belief that those without property would attempt to take it from those who do have it b. Montesquieu's theory for the separation of political power. c. The framers' overall distrust in government d. John Locke's views about the nature of liberty and how it fits into the social contract Yes, the first three articles divide government power, consistent with Montesquieu’s theory 9. The Constitution's demotion of liberty, and lack of protections for natural rights, suggests the framers were what? Select the one correct answer. a. Fearful the new national government would be subject to insurrection by disgruntled Anti-federalists. b. More interested in the practicalities of government. c. Hostile towards the interests of individuals. d. Worried that expressing certain rights would serve to legitimize the institution of slavery. The Framers were interested in creating a national government that worked. Unit 2 Lesson 3: A National Government Under the Articles of Confederation 1. Which system of government allows states to retain most of their power and authority while delegating few defined powers to the national government? Select the one correct answer a. A federal system b. A monarchy c. A confederation d. An oligarchy Under a confederation, the national government derives its power solely through what the states allow it to do. 2. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? Select the two correct answers. a. The Articles created a republican form of government. b. The Articles limited the powers of the national government too much, making it weak and ineffective. c. The Articles gave the states too much authority. d. The Articles created a bicameral legislature In protecting state sovereignty, the states had more power than the national government, which served to weaken the national government and prevent it from making effective decisions that could be enforced. 3. How did creating a republican form of government in the United States ease the fears of the national government becoming too powerful? Select one correct answer. a. Republican government rested political power in the hands of the people. b. Republican government gave a majority of the power to the national government. c. Republican government allowed for one political party to control the laws and policies. d. Republican government permitted little authority for the states. A republican form of government gave the power to the people while still allowing the states to have their own elected officials to enforce laws and policies within each state 4. Why was it so difficult to change the Articles of Confederation? Select the one correct answer. a. The Articles of Confederation specifically stated that they were not to be changed. b. The Articles of Confederation required two-thirds of the states to approve changes. c. The Articles of Confederation were only an experiment so changing them would ruin the results. d. The Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent by all the states for any changes. The Articles of Confederation required that 13 out of 13 states approve of any changes. This was a nearly impossible level of agreement to reach. 5. Which of these are powers of the national government under the Articles of Confederation? Select one correct answer. a. The power to tax b. The power to declare laws passed by other states as invalid c. The power to enforce laws d. The power to declare war Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government had the power to declare war with other nations. It did not have the power to tax or to declare states’ laws invalid or enforce their own laws.