WGU C963 Study Guide (Version 1)
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WGU C963 Study Guide (Version 1)
- The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may
take them away.
Answer: Natural Rights
- A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence.
Answer: State of Nature
- The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure
which it equally applies to all.
Answer: Due Process
- An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so
long as the government protects their natural rights.
Answer: Social Contract
- Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government.
Answer: Political Ideologies
- A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers.
Answer: Bicameral Legislature
- An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes obtained.
Answer: Popular Vote
- 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.
Answer: Virginia Plan
- A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote.
Answer: New Jersey Plan
- 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.
Answer: Great 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.
Answer: Three-Fifths Compromise
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