An 18th century philosophical movement that began in western Europe with roots in the Scientific Revolution and focuses on the use of reason.
What is The Enlightenment?
100
Nation's first constitution that created a league of friendship among the states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
Plan of government that proposed state representation in Congress should be determined by population and favored by large states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
Dividing of the government into 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
What is Separation of Powers?
100
Like a layer cake with national and state governments each having specific responsibilities within their own spheres of influence.
What is Dual Federalism?
200
Wrote Leviathan and claimed that in a state of nature, life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
Biggest success under the Articles of Confederation that created a system for western territories to eventually become states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
200
Plan of government that provided equal representation in Congress and favored by small states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
The ability of each branch of government to limit the other two branches in order to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
200
Like a marble cake and requires national and state government to share powers and responsibilities.
What is Cooperative Federalism?
300
Wrote Second Treatise on Civil Government and claimed that natural rights of life, liberty and property were granted by God.
Who is John Locke?
300
Name of the rebellion by debtor farmers in western Massachusetts that led to the demise of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
Plan of government that provide for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives determined by population and a Senate with equal representation.
What is the Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise?
300
Makes laws and includes Congress.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
Type of federal aid given to states to be used for a specific purpose.
What are Categorical Grants?
400
Wrote Spirit of the Laws and described separation of powers and checks and balances.
Who is Charles de Montesquieu?
400
A legal document that determines the fundamental political principles of a government.
What is a Constitution?
400
Determined how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation purposes.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
400
Enforces the laws and includes the president and the bureaucracy.
What is the Executive Branch?
400
Type of federal aid given to the states with no strings attached and can be spent freely.
What are Block Grants?
500
Argued that the only good government was one that was freely formed with the consent of the people through the social contract.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
500
Name of the meeting called to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
500
Set of essays written by Madison, Hamilton and Jay to support ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
Interprets laws and includes the courts.
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
Type of federal aid given to states with strings attached.
What are Crossover Sanctions or Conditional Grants?