WGU C963 EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS!!
Natural Rights - ANSWER>>The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given
by God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - ANSWER>>A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - ANSWER>>The requirement that government, when dealing with
people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - ANSWER>>An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - ANSWER>>Coherent philosophies about the structure, power,
and purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - ANSWER>>A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - ANSWER>>An election in which the winner is determined by the number
of individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - ANSWER>>A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be
elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the
upper house would be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - ANSWER>>A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
, Great Compromise - ANSWER>> Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a
bicameral legislature; representation based on population in the House of
Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ANSWER>>A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - ANSWER>>The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - ANSWER>>A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of
government to work together.
Separation of Powers - ANSWER>>The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - ANSWER>>A form of government which power is divided between
state governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - ANSWER>>Powers explicitly granted to the federal government
by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and
support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
Reserved Powers - ANSWER>>Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or
delegated to the national government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the
federal government.
Political Ideologies - ANSWER>>Informed, logical, consistent ideologies on the form,
extent, and functions of government.
Ratification - ANSWER>>The act of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty,
Natural Rights - ANSWER>>The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given
by God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - ANSWER>>A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - ANSWER>>The requirement that government, when dealing with
people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - ANSWER>>An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - ANSWER>>Coherent philosophies about the structure, power,
and purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - ANSWER>>A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - ANSWER>>An election in which the winner is determined by the number
of individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - ANSWER>>A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be
elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the
upper house would be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - ANSWER>>A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
, Great Compromise - ANSWER>> Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a
bicameral legislature; representation based on population in the House of
Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ANSWER>>A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - ANSWER>>The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - ANSWER>>A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of
government to work together.
Separation of Powers - ANSWER>>The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - ANSWER>>A form of government which power is divided between
state governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - ANSWER>>Powers explicitly granted to the federal government
by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and
support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
Reserved Powers - ANSWER>>Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or
delegated to the national government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the
federal government.
Political Ideologies - ANSWER>>Informed, logical, consistent ideologies on the form,
extent, and functions of government.
Ratification - ANSWER>>The act of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty,
