WGU C963 - Quizzes 1-23, Questions & Answers, 100% Accurate, graded A+.
What describes characteristics of a social contract? - --Specification of natural rights
-a definition of human nature
-a collective expression of a collectively shared interest
In what ways is the state of nature im...
What describes characteristics of a social contract? - ✔✔--Specification of natural rights
-a definition of human nature
-a collective expression of a collectively shared interest
In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? - ✔✔--The State of
Nature gives definition to what it means to be human
-The state of nature gives definition to natural rights
Why is it important to now what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? - ✔✔--It explains the
incentive for working cooperatively with others
-it helps to frame the type of social contract that is needed to make individual life better
What is the purpose of the social contract? - ✔✔--To acknowledge and protect natural rights
What is an important weakness of a social contract? - ✔✔--Social contracts require consensus
What is true about natural rights? - ✔✔--They let you do what you need to survive and be secure
-They impart an equality of being among all people
What is true about the state of nature? - ✔✔--is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper
society and government built
-permits a philosophical definition of human nature
What conditions are required for a social contract to work? - ✔✔--Consensus among whose whom the
social contract applies to
-uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract
Which of these describes the the theory of the social contact? - ✔✔--Society is not natural, but created
by the people
,What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? - ✔✔--Human Nature and Natural
rights
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? - ✔✔--The constitution
What is the Enlightenment? - ✔✔--The source of our ideas about natural rights
-A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? - ✔✔--Those immigrating to
the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of liberty and property
-The colonist have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's idea's about
government by consent
-Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights.
How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? - ✔✔--The
constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to the democratic expression of the
popular will
-The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important social
needs
What ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔--The idea that governments are
created by people to protect their natural rights
-the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔--is more
concerned with controlled rather than expressing the popular will
-makes justice more important than liberty
What type of rights are contained in the Bill of Rights? - ✔✔--Natural rights
-Procedural rights
The Constitution's first three articles create separate legislative, executive and judicial branches, is
consistent with: - ✔✔--Montesquieu's theory for the separation of political power
The constitutions demotion of liberty, and lack of protections for natural rights, suggests the framers
were what? - ✔✔--More interested in the practicalities of government
, Which system of government allows states to retain most of their power and authority while delegating
few defined powers to the national government? - ✔✔--A confederation
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? - ✔✔--The articles limited the powers of the national
government too much, making it weak and ineffective
-the articles gave the states too much authority
How did creating a republican form of government in the United States ease the fears of the national
government becoming too powerful? - ✔✔--Republican government rested political power in the hands
of the people
Why was it so difficult to change the Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--The articles of Confederation
required unanimous consent by all the states for any changes
Which of these are powers of the national government under the Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--the
power to declare war
Why were foreign governments reluctant to loan money to the United States during the time of the
Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--since the national government lacked the ability to tax its citizens,
foreign governments feared that the national government would not be able to repay the loans
What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--Congress could not enlist men for a
national army
Why did the Articles of Confederation provide for such a weak national government? - ✔✔--The
colonists/citizens of the United states were afraid of strong central government
What was one reason why it was necessary to replace the Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--The US
lacked the military forces to defend the new country
What powers did the national government have under the Articles of Confederation? - ✔✔--declare war
-borrow and coin money
-settle disputes among different states
After the Articles of Confederation went into effect, how was the British government able to continue
impacting what would happen in the United States? - ✔✔--The British government was able to put
pressure on the states through it s occupation and land west of the US
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