WGU C963 AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE US CONSTITUTION
FINAL PRE ASSESSMENT 2023/2024(DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
Which concept is an Enlightenment idea that influenced the leaders of the American Revolution?
Free press
Universal suffrage
Trial by jury
Social contract (correct answer)Social contract
How does the Bill of Rights reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Constitution?
Ensured that civil rights would not be violated.
Explicitly listed individual freedoms.
Eliminated the need for amendments.
Expanded the authority of the government. (correct answer)Explicitly listed individual freedoms.
What describes the general structure of the U.S. government under the Articles of Confederation?
,It was a direct democracy with limited state autonomy.
It was a confederation of states under a strong central government.
It was a collection of independent states bound by a treaty.
It was an alliance of independent states under a limited central government. (correct answer)It was an
alliance of independent states under a limited central government.
What was a major problem with the Articles of Confederation?
Representatives from larger states wielded too much power.
The national government did not have the power to impose taxes.
The state government structures were given very limited powers.
They were not approved by all of the states. (correct answer)The national government did not have the
power to impose taxes.
What describes Clause 3 of Article IV, Section 2 in the Constitution?
Slave owners could import as many slaves as they wished.
Slave owners could not sell slaves to owners in different states.
, Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Slave owners could not represent the interests of the slave population. (correct answer)Slave owners
could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Which major compromise was made at the Constitutional Convention?
The right to recover enslaved persons from free states
The immediate prohibition on importing enslaved persons
The maintenance of an equal number of free and slave states
The proportional representation of enslaved persons (correct answer)The proportional representation
of enslaved persons
What describes the opposing views in the debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists promoted the interests of the lower classes while the Anti-Federalists favored the political
elites.
Federalists favored religious restrictions in the Constitution while Anti-Federalists favored religious
toleration.
Federalists opposed regulation of foreign trades while the Anti-Federalists favored tariffs on foreign
imports.
FINAL PRE ASSESSMENT 2023/2024(DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
Which concept is an Enlightenment idea that influenced the leaders of the American Revolution?
Free press
Universal suffrage
Trial by jury
Social contract (correct answer)Social contract
How does the Bill of Rights reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Constitution?
Ensured that civil rights would not be violated.
Explicitly listed individual freedoms.
Eliminated the need for amendments.
Expanded the authority of the government. (correct answer)Explicitly listed individual freedoms.
What describes the general structure of the U.S. government under the Articles of Confederation?
,It was a direct democracy with limited state autonomy.
It was a confederation of states under a strong central government.
It was a collection of independent states bound by a treaty.
It was an alliance of independent states under a limited central government. (correct answer)It was an
alliance of independent states under a limited central government.
What was a major problem with the Articles of Confederation?
Representatives from larger states wielded too much power.
The national government did not have the power to impose taxes.
The state government structures were given very limited powers.
They were not approved by all of the states. (correct answer)The national government did not have the
power to impose taxes.
What describes Clause 3 of Article IV, Section 2 in the Constitution?
Slave owners could import as many slaves as they wished.
Slave owners could not sell slaves to owners in different states.
, Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Slave owners could not represent the interests of the slave population. (correct answer)Slave owners
could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Which major compromise was made at the Constitutional Convention?
The right to recover enslaved persons from free states
The immediate prohibition on importing enslaved persons
The maintenance of an equal number of free and slave states
The proportional representation of enslaved persons (correct answer)The proportional representation
of enslaved persons
What describes the opposing views in the debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists promoted the interests of the lower classes while the Anti-Federalists favored the political
elites.
Federalists favored religious restrictions in the Constitution while Anti-Federalists favored religious
toleration.
Federalists opposed regulation of foreign trades while the Anti-Federalists favored tariffs on foreign
imports.
