WGU C963 Questions and Answers with
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Natural Rights ✔✔The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
State of Nature ✔✔A theory on how peopl
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WGU C963 Questions and Answers with
Complete Solutions
Natural Rights ✔✔The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
State of Nature ✔✔A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence.
Due Process ✔✔The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair
procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract ✔✔An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to
be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies ✔✔Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of
government.
Bicameral Legislature ✔✔A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers.
Popular Vote ✔✔An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes
obtained.
Virginia Plan ✔✔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.
New Jersey Plan ✔✔A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would
receive one vote.
Great Compromise ✔✔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.
Three-Fifths 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.
Veto ✔✔The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances ✔✔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..
Separation of Powers ✔✔The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government.
Federal System ✔✔A form of government which power is divided between state governments and
a national government.
Enumerated Powers ✔✔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.
Reserved 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.
Political Ideologies ✔✔Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of
government.
Ratification ✔✔The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement,
making it officially valid.
Republic ✔✔A system of government in which power is given to the people through their ability
to elect representatives who make laws on their behalf.
Habeas Corpus ✔✔The right to know, before a judge, why you have been detained.
The Federalist Papers ✔✔A series of 85 essays, written and published in favor of ratifying the
Constitution.
Faction ✔✔A group who gathers together to advocate for their special interest.
Impeachment ✔✔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.
Executive Orders ✔✔Rules or orders that are issued by the President and have the force of law.
Inherent Power ✔✔The powers neither enumerated nor implied but assumed to exist as a direct
result of the country's existence.
Oversight ✔✔The right to review and monitor other bodies such as the executive branch.
Committees ✔✔A small set of representatives tasked with considering, researching, introducing,
and investigating particular policy areas.
Discretionary Spending ✔✔Spending that can be altered from year to year through the
appropriations process.
Budget Resolution ✔✔A model of what the government plans to spend and take in as revenue over
the next fiscal year. Includes a set of budget priorities and discretionary spending limits.
Pork-barrel Spending ✔✔Spending on often unnecessary local projects that benefit a specific
member of Congress' district or state.
Line-item Veto ✔✔The ability of the President to reject specific portions of a piece of legislation
rather than reject an entire piece of legislation. Ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.
Interstate Commerce Clause ✔✔Enumerated power of Congress to regulate commerce and trade
that occurs between two or more states.
Legal Tender Act ✔✔Act passed in 1862 that allowed Congress the ability to produce paper notes
of money not guaranteed by gold or silver.
Federal Reserve System ✔✔The central banking system of the United States that sets monetary
policies and bank regulations.
Advice and Consent ✔✔Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and
judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become
effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Supermajority ✔✔Also referred to as an absolute majority, any number greater than half or 50%.
Filibuster ✔✔A rule only permitted in the US Senate that allows a member of the Senate to prevent
action on a bill or vote by continuously speaking.
Administrative Agencies ✔✔Bodies c
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