WGU C963 - Objective Assessment Superset Newest 2025

WGU C963 - Objective Assessment
Superset Newest 2025
Major contributors to social contract theory - Correct answersHobbes, Locke, Reasseau
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Social Contract Theory - Correct answersWe need food, clothing and shelter to survive and
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nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a
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god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is important we define
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ourselves as individuals.
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Enlightenment Influence on Constitution - Correct answersBill of Rights and the Second
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Amendment, Ninth Amendment
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tt Bill of Rights (Enlightenment) - Correct answersThe first eight Bill of Rights
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Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment) - Correct answerspeople have rights of life,
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liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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Articles of Confederation weaknesses - Correct answersNo executive, no judicial, no
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power to tax, no power to regulate trade
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Articles of Confederation - Strengths - Correct answersProvided direction for the
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Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and
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Native American relations.
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New Jersey Plan - Correct answersThe proposal at the Constitutional Convention that
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called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's
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population.
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tt Virginia Plan - Correct answersProposal to create a strong national government
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Constitutional Convention - Correct answersA meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
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produced a new constitution
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Three-Fifths compromise - Correct answersAgreement that each slave counted as three-
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fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation
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purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral congress.
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Checks and Balances - Correct answersA system that allows each branch of government to
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limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
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Separation of Powers - Correct answersConstitutional division of powers among the
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legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
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executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
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, tt Federalists - Correct answersA term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during
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tt Anti-Federalists - Correct answersOpponents of the American Constitution at the time tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt




tt when the states were contemplating its adoption.
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tt Ratifying the Constitution - Correct answersArticle VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was
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tt ratified at state conventions
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tt Federalist #10 (factions) - Correct answersElites can never take over rule of the
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tt Federalist #51 (Madison) - Correct answersSeparation of powers, checks and balances
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Separations of Powers - Correct answersThe division of the federal government into three
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branches each with its own powers
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Government Branches - Correct answersThree sections of the US government: legislative,
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executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other branches powers.
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How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers - Correct
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answersCongress originates laws
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Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
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system of checks and balances - Correct answersConstitutional system in which each
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branch of government places limits on the power of other branches
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Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches - Correct
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answersExecutive:
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Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions violate the
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Constitution
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Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
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Legislative:
Can overturn acts of Congress as unconstitutional if they violate the law
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Can influence laws by interpretation
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Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
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