WGU C963 - Objective Assessment
Superset
1. Major contributors to social contract theory
ANS Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory
ANS We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should
interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe
in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is
important we define ourselves as individuals.
3. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
ANS Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
ANS The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
ANS people have rights of life, liber- ty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses
,ANS No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate
trade
7. Articles of Confederation – Strengths
ANS Provided direction for the Revolution, the ability to conduct
diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and Native
American relations.
8. New Jersey Plan
ANS The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal
representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's
population.
9. Virginia Plan
ANS Proposal to create a strong national government
10.Constitutional Convention
ANS A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new
constitution
11.Three-Fifths compromise
ANS Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in
determining representation in the House for representation and
taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral
,congress.
12.Checks and Balances
ANS A system that allows each branch of government to limit the
powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
13.Separation of Powers
ANS Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
execu- tive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary
interpreting the law
14.Federalists
ANS A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during
ratification debates in state legislatures.
15.Anti-Federalists
ANS Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the
states were contemplating its adoption.
16.Ratifying the Constitution
ANS Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state
conventions
17.Federalist #10 (factions)
, ANS Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many
factions.
18.Federalist #51 (Madison)
ANS Separation of powers, checks and balances
19.Separations of Powers
ANS The division of the federal government into three branches
each with its own powers
Superset
1. Major contributors to social contract theory
ANS Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory
ANS We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should
interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe
in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is
important we define ourselves as individuals.
3. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
ANS Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
ANS The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
ANS people have rights of life, liber- ty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses
,ANS No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate
trade
7. Articles of Confederation – Strengths
ANS Provided direction for the Revolution, the ability to conduct
diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and Native
American relations.
8. New Jersey Plan
ANS The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal
representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's
population.
9. Virginia Plan
ANS Proposal to create a strong national government
10.Constitutional Convention
ANS A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new
constitution
11.Three-Fifths compromise
ANS Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in
determining representation in the House for representation and
taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral
,congress.
12.Checks and Balances
ANS A system that allows each branch of government to limit the
powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
13.Separation of Powers
ANS Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
execu- tive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary
interpreting the law
14.Federalists
ANS A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during
ratification debates in state legislatures.
15.Anti-Federalists
ANS Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the
states were contemplating its adoption.
16.Ratifying the Constitution
ANS Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state
conventions
17.Federalist #10 (factions)
, ANS Elites can never take over rule of the government due to too many
factions.
18.Federalist #51 (Madison)
ANS Separation of powers, checks and balances
19.Separations of Powers
ANS The division of the federal government into three branches
each with its own powers
