Learning Objectives and Key Terms
Learning Objectives
The readings and questions in the lesson will help you to
- the distinction between politics and politcal power in the American political system
- the meaning of democracy
- the American form of democracy
- the Declaration of Independence
- the Constitution of the United States
Key Terms
| alienable rights | The Federalist Papers |
| inalienable rights | James Madison |
| authority | majority rights |
| Articles of Confederation | majority rule |
| Bill of Rights | North-South Compromise |
| constitutional democracy | politics |
| democracy | power |
| direct democracy | ratification |
| ex post facto law | representative democracy |
| Federalists | republic |
| government | Roger Sherman |
| Great (Connecticut) Compromise |
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