POL 104, American Government

Important terms from the Introduction & Chapter 1 of Turner-Stephenson et al, Introduction to American Government.  (Terms marked with asterisks (*) will be defined or identified in the lectures, not the text. Terms with asterisks may appear on the exams, but will never appear on vocabulary quizzes.)

INTRODUCTION

politics

government      

democracy—direct or participatory, plebiscitary*; majoritarian*; representative or republican*; sociological*

authority* or power*

liberal democracy*

republic*

sovereignty*

presidential form and responsible government or parliamentary form of government

CHAPTER 1: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

 


Articles of Confederation

Mount Vernon,* Annapolis, Philadelphia meetings

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Great or Connecticut Compromise

principle of representative or republican government (republican or representative democracy)

principle of separation of powers (called “checks and balances” in the Turner text)

principle of federalism

principle of limited government, constitutionalism, liberalism*

Anti-Federalists, Federalists, The Federalist Papers

bill of rights*

Judicial Review (pages 23-25 in the 9th edition)

Marbury v. Madison

writ of mandamus

 

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