WGU C963
WGU C963 OA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2025
Powers under the Articles of Confederation
1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan
William Paterson
Three Branches of Government
The states had the power
Every state had one vote
one chamber legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
Virginia Plan
James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
Senate: appointed by the legislature
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Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
The Great Compromises
1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
2. The 3/5 slavery ruling
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
Articles of Confederation with a Congress
1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists
supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10
Written by James Madison to convince people to support the ratification of the
constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable but were best controlled by a large
republic that employed a Federalist structure. Argued that competition among factions
would limit their negative impacts.
Federalist Paper # 51
•Written by James Madison
•Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as independent.
•To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the
other branches
•By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny
•Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
WGU C963
WGU C963 OA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2025
Powers under the Articles of Confederation
1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary
New Jersey Plan
William Paterson
Three Branches of Government
The states had the power
Every state had one vote
one chamber legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
Virginia Plan
James Madison
Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative
Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people
Senate: appointed by the legislature
WGU C963
, WGU C963
Votes based on population
Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
The Great Compromises
1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
2. The 3/5 slavery ruling
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
Articles of Confederation with a Congress
1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists
supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
people who opposed the Constitution
Federalist Paper #10
Written by James Madison to convince people to support the ratification of the
constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable but were best controlled by a large
republic that employed a Federalist structure. Argued that competition among factions
would limit their negative impacts.
Federalist Paper # 51
•Written by James Madison
•Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as independent.
•To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the
other branches
•By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny
•Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
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