WGU C963 OA EXAM
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1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation✔
Could exchange Ambassadors
-Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
-Declare War
-Borrow Money
-Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation✔
-no power to tax,
-President lacked power,
-no money to buy ships
-no money to pay soldiers
-no national judiciary
3. The Great Compromises✔
Combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
The 3/5 slavery ruling
Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
4. Articles of Confederation with a Congress✔
representation based on the population
the the weak national government and a strong states
5. Federalists
✔️ Supporters of the Constitution
, WGU C963 OA EXAM
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6. Anti-Federalists
✔️ People who opposed the Constitution
7. 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.
8. 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
9. What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
✔️ The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
10. Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confed- eration with a
Congress?
✔️ They wanted a government based on the representation of the population.
11. Implied powers
✔️ Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
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correct answers |A+ Grade
1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation✔
Could exchange Ambassadors
-Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
-Declare War
-Borrow Money
-Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation✔
-no power to tax,
-President lacked power,
-no money to buy ships
-no money to pay soldiers
-no national judiciary
3. The Great Compromises✔
Combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
The 3/5 slavery ruling
Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
4. Articles of Confederation with a Congress✔
representation based on the population
the the weak national government and a strong states
5. Federalists
✔️ Supporters of the Constitution
, WGU C963 OA EXAM
Questions with 100% complete and
correct answers |A+ Grade
6. Anti-Federalists
✔️ People who opposed the Constitution
7. 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.
8. 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
9. What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
✔️ The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
10. Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confed- eration with a
Congress?
✔️ They wanted a government based on the representation of the population.
11. Implied powers
✔️ Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
