UPDATED 2025/2026 WGU C963 OA with Questions
and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away. - (ANSWER)Natural Rights
A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. -
(ANSWER)State of Nature
The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair
procedure which it equally applies to all. - (ANSWER)Due Process
An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be
governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. -
(ANSWER)Social Contract
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. -
(ANSWER)Political Ideologies
A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. - (ANSWER)Bicameral
Legislature
An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes
obtained. - (ANSWER)Popular Vote
,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. - (ANSWER)Virginia Plan
A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive
one vote. - (ANSWER)New Jersey Plan
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. - (ANSWER)Great Compromise
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. - (ANSWER)Three-Fifths Compromise
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress. -
(ANSWER)Veto
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.. -
(ANSWER)Checks and Balances
The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government. -
(ANSWER)Separation of Powers
, A form of government which power is divided between state governments and a
national government. - (ANSWER)Federal System
The powers given explicitly 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. - (ANSWER)Enumerated Powers
Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national
government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal
government. - (ANSWER)Reserved Powers
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. -
(ANSWER)Political Ideologies
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement,
making it officially valid. - (ANSWER)Ratification
A system of government in which power is given to the people through their
ability to elect representatives who make laws on their behalf. -
(ANSWER)Republic
The right to know, before a judge, why you have been detained. -
(ANSWER)Habeas Corpus
and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away. - (ANSWER)Natural Rights
A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. -
(ANSWER)State of Nature
The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair
procedure which it equally applies to all. - (ANSWER)Due Process
An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be
governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. -
(ANSWER)Social Contract
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. -
(ANSWER)Political Ideologies
A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. - (ANSWER)Bicameral
Legislature
An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes
obtained. - (ANSWER)Popular Vote
,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. - (ANSWER)Virginia Plan
A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive
one vote. - (ANSWER)New Jersey Plan
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. - (ANSWER)Great Compromise
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. - (ANSWER)Three-Fifths Compromise
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress. -
(ANSWER)Veto
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.. -
(ANSWER)Checks and Balances
The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government. -
(ANSWER)Separation of Powers
, A form of government which power is divided between state governments and a
national government. - (ANSWER)Federal System
The powers given explicitly 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. - (ANSWER)Enumerated Powers
Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national
government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal
government. - (ANSWER)Reserved Powers
Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. -
(ANSWER)Political Ideologies
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement,
making it officially valid. - (ANSWER)Ratification
A system of government in which power is given to the people through their
ability to elect representatives who make laws on their behalf. -
(ANSWER)Republic
The right to know, before a judge, why you have been detained. -
(ANSWER)Habeas Corpus
