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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