WGU C963 OA LATEST EXAM 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER S (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Shay's Rebellion (1786) - correct answer Daniel Shays, a veteran of the Continental Army, led a
rebellion of poor farmers in Massachusetts who demanded debt relief, lower taxes, and
protections against property seizures.
Women's Suffrage Movement - correct answer International Movement of the 1880's, that
sought to challenge the legal, political, and economic disabilities towards European and
American women. This is historically significant because the women eventually gained the right
to vote and the right to hold a job. The extension of enlightenment ideas onto women.
George Washington - correct answer 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of
the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
British Army - correct answer had 50,000 men including mercenaries (hired soldiers), uniforms,
experienced soldiers, the best guns.
Yorktown, Virginia - correct answer site where George Washington forced the surrender of the
British army in 1781, after which the British war effort crumbled
How many admendments to the consititution are there? - correct answer 27
Which contributor to the Enlightenment identified two key aspects to our existence, liberty and
property? - correct answer John Locke
John Locke (1632-1704) - correct answer Political theorist who defended the Glorious
Revolution with the argument that all people are born with certain natural rights to life, liberty,
and property.
Natural Rights - correct answer the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the
right to life, liberty, and property
Bill of Rights - correct answer The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1st Amendment - correct answer Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances.
freedom of the press - correct answer right of newspapers and other public media to publish
articles believed to be accurate
Barack Obama - correct answer 2008; Democrat; first African American president of the US,
health care bill; Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster; economy: huge stimulus package to combat the
great recession, is removing troops from Iraq, strengthened numbers in Afghanistan; repeal of
Don't Ask Don't Tell; New Start treaty with Russia
,WGU C963 OA LATEST EXAM 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER S (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS)
James Madison - correct answer "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth
President of the United States.
Dickerson v. United States (2000) - correct answer The Mapp decision is based on the
Constitution and cannot be altered by Congress passing a law
Madison v. Marbury (1803) - correct answer Supreme Court decision that overruled, for the
first, a law passed by Congress that had been signed by George Washington; Chief Justice John
Marshall, a Federalist, claimed that the Supreme Court had the right to decide if laws were
constitutional; this is called "judicial review..."
2nd Amendment - correct answer A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a
free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
3rd Amendment - correct answer No quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment - correct answer Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
5th Amendment - correct answer Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double
Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination
6th Amendment - correct answer The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an
attorney for an accused person
7th Amendment - correct answer Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment - correct answer Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
9th Amendment - correct answer The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall
not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
10th Amendment - correct answer The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people.
11th Amendment - correct answer Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing
another state.
12th Amendment - correct answer Brought about by the Jefferson/Burr tie, stated that
presidential and vice-presidential nominees would run on the same party ticket. Before that
time, all of the candidates ran against each other, with the winner becoming president and
second-place becoming vice-president.
, WGU C963 OA LATEST EXAM 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER S (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS)
13th Amendment (1865) - correct answer Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-
owners
14th Amendment (1868) - correct answer Grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized
in the US"; it forbids any state to deny any person "life, liberty or property, without due process
of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws." Most
important law ever passed besides original Constitution and Bill of Rights. It has been the
vehicle for the expansion of civil rights, women's rights, gay rights among other movements. It
also allowed for the "incorporation doctrine" which means the application of the national Bill of
Rights to the states.
15th Amendment (1870) - correct answer U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of
race, color, or creed
16th Amendment - correct answer Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave
Congress the power to tax income.
17th Amendment - correct answer Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls
for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures.
18th Amendment - correct answer Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of
alcoholic beverages
19th Amendment (1920) - correct answer Ratified on August 18, 1920 (drafted by Susan B.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton), prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the
right to vote on the basis of sex. The Constitution allows the states to determine the
qualifications for voting, and until the 1910's most states disenfranchised women. The
amendment was the culmination of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.
20th Amendment - correct answer Congress begins on January 30th; President starts on
January 20th
"Lame-duck" Amendment
21th Amendment - correct answer Repealed the prohibition of alcohol
22nd Amendment - correct answer Amendment that created a 2 term limit on presidents.
23rd Amendment - correct answer Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a
state (DC still has no representation in Congress)
24th Amendment - correct answer Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1964) eliminated the
poll tax as a prerequisite to vote in national elections.
