WGU C963 Exam Questions And Answers 2024 updated
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 requi...
WGU C963 Exam Questions And
Answers 2024 updated
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
A series of 85 essays, written and published in favor of ratifying the Constitution. -
Answer -The Federalist Papers
A group who gathers together to advocate for their special interest. - Answer -Faction
A process of removing government officials suspected of criminal activity, including
judges and even the president. It requires a majority vote in the House of
Representatives to accept articles of impeachment. Two-thirds of the Senate must then
vote to remove the person. - Answer -Impeachment
Rules or orders that are issued by the President and have the force of law. - Answer -
Executive Orders
The powers neither enumerated nor implied but assumed to exist as a direct result of
the country's existence. - Answer -Inherent Power
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