American Politics and the US Constitution - C963 WGU questions and answers

natrual rights CORRECT ANSWERS: Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke CORRECT ANSWERS: 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. State of Nature CORRECT ANSWERS: Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality. Due Process CORRECT ANSWERS: involves the government's obligation to treat all citizens fairly. Such a requirement lessens the extent to which government power can be exercised over the individual, making the power differential between the two more fair, and ensuring a general sense of political equality Social Contract CORRECT ANSWERS: A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules. Thomas Hobbes () CORRECT ANSWERS: One of the first individuals to contribute to the idea of the social contract was a pre-Enlightenment English philosopher Leviathan (1651): Thomas Hobbes CORRECT ANSWERS: Hobbes argues that society is not something natural and immutable, but rather it is something created by us. Labor Movement CORRECT ANSWERS: the formation of labor unions, during the 1880's, for the workers to receive better treatment by Constitution CORRECT ANSWERS: A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society Bill of Rights CORRECT ANSWERS: The first ten amendments to the Constitution Declaration of Independence CORRECT ANSWERS: the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain Thomas Jefferson CORRECT ANSWERS: Wrote the Declaration of Independence Shays's Rebellion () CORRECT ANSWERS: which almost resulted in potential mob rule, suggested there might be too much democracy at play, and that maybe individual liberty was going too far Articles of Confederation CORRECT ANSWERS: A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.