WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)2022
Major contributors to social contract theory
Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Social Contract Theory
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. Th...
WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)2022
Major contributors to social contract theory - Answer Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Social Contract Theory - Answer 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.
Enlightenment Influence on Constitution - Answer Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
Bill of Rights (Enlightenment) - Answer The first eight Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment) - Answer people have rights of life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness
Articles of Confederation weaknesses - Answer No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
Articles of Confederation - Strengths - Answer Provided direction for the Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and Native American relations.
New Jersey Plan - Answer The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
Virginia Plan - Answer Proposal to create a strong national government
Constitutional Convention - Answer A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Three-Fifths compromise - Answer 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.
Checks and Balances - Answer A system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Separation of Powers - Answer Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
Federalists - Answer A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)2022
Anti-Federalists - Answer Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
Ratifying the Constitution - Answer Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was ratified at state conventions
Federalist #10 (factions) - Answer Elites can never take over rule of the government due
to too many factions.
Federalist #51 (Madison) - Answer Separation of powers, checks and balances
Separations of Powers - Answer The division of the federal government into three branches each with its own powers
Government Branches - Answer Three sections of the US government: legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other branches powers.
How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers - Answer Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
system of checks and balances - Answer Constitutional system in which each branch of government places limits on the power of other branches
Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches - Answer Executive:
Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions violate the Constitution Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
Legislative:
Can overturn acts of Congress as unconstitutional if they violate the law Can influence laws by interpretation Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
Several checks the legislative branch has on the judicial and executive branches - Answer Judicial:
Senate must approve judges and justices WGU C963 - Objective Assessment(Solved 100%)2022
Controls jurisdiction of the courts Determines size of Supreme Court House can impeach judges and Senate can remove them by two-thirds vote
Executive:
Can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both chambers Must approve treaties by a two-thirds vote in the Senate Control of funding activities of the executive branch Presidential nominees must be approved by the Senate Only Congress can declare war House can impeach the president or vice president and the Senate can remove them by
a two-thirds vote
Several checks the executive branch has on the legislative and judicial branches - Answer Legislative:
Can veto legislation Can use executive agreements Can use executive orders Negotiates treaties (not Congress) Judicial:
Nominates judges Power of pardon
Several advantages and disadvantages of a federalist system - Answer Advantages:
States can innovate when dealing with problems
States better designed to deal with needs of citizens
States can add to national programs
Separation of powers and system of checks and balances
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