WGU C963 – Vocabulary (2022/2023)
(Already Passed)
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 mi
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WGU C963 – Vocabulary (2022/2023)
(Already Passed)
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
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