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.)
INTRODUCTION
politics
government
democracy—direct, participatory, plebiscitary*; majoritarian*; liberal*; representative*
authority*
legitimacy*
power*
sovereignty*
CHAPTER
1: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Articles of Confederation
North-West Ordinance
Shays's Rebellion
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* (checks and balances)
constitutionalism or principle of limited government; liberalism
Anti-Federalists
The
Federalist Papers
Federalists
elastic or Necessary and Proper Clause
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (ch. 2)
bill of rights*
popular sovereignty*
unicameral, bicameral*
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