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

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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 [Show More]

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