AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE US CONSTITUTION - C963 WGU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE US CONSTITUTION
- C963 WGU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
QUESTION: natrual rights


Ans: Life, Liberty, and Property



QUESTION: John Locke


Ans: 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings
and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.



QUESTION: State of Nature


Ans: Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government
where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality.



QUESTION: Due Process


Ans: involves the government's obligation to treat all citizens fairly. Such a
requirement lessens the extent to which government power can be exercised over
the individual, making the power differential between the two more fair, and
ensuring a general sense of political equality



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QUESTION: Social Contract


Ans: A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and
welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.



QUESTION: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)


Ans: One of the first individuals to contribute to the idea of the social contract
was a pre-Enlightenment English philosopher



QUESTION: Leviathan (1651): Thomas Hobbes


Ans: Hobbes argues that society is not something natural and immutable, but
rather it is something created by us.



QUESTION: Labor Movement


Ans: the formation of labor unions, during the 1880's, for the workers to
receive better treatment by



QUESTION: Constitution


Ans: A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs
and the fundamental laws that govern a society




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QUESTION: Bill of Rights


Ans: The first ten amendments to the Constitution



QUESTION: Declaration of Independence


Ans: the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental
Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great
Britain



QUESTION: Thomas Jefferson


Ans: Wrote the Declaration of Independence



QUESTION: Shays's Rebellion (1786-1787)


Ans: which almost resulted in potential mob rule, suggested there might be too
much democracy at play, and that maybe individual liberty was going too far



QUESTION: Articles of Confederation


Ans: A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.



QUESTION: Federalist no. 51



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Ans: Argues that separation of powers within the national government is the
best way to prevent the concentration of power in the hands of one person or a
single group.



QUESTION: First Amendment


Ans: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
government for a redress of grievances.



QUESTION: Second Amendment


Ans: Right to keep and bear arms



QUESTION: Third Amendment


Ans: The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent
of the owner



QUESTION: Forth Amendment


Ans: It protects people against unfair searches of their homes; search and
seizure.



QUESTION: Fifth Amendment
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