Unit 3 Vocabulary

loyalty and devotion to one’s own nation.

• Nationalism

• Electoral College

• Sectionalism

• Mudslinging

an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Marbury v Madison

• Sectionalism

• Levy

a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.

• Writ of Mandamus

• Electoral College

• Judiciary Act of 1801

• Lame Duck

The use of insults and accusations, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent.

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mudslinging

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 for $15 million. 

• Levy

• Judicial Review

• Nationalism

• Louisiana Purchase

A person who follows the Constitution very strictly.

• Strict Constructionist

• Loose Constructionist

• Marbury v Madison

• Tariff

A person who follows the Constitution very loosely

• Judiciary Act of 1801

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Lame Duck

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1803 that established the principle of judicial review. 

• Writ of Mandamus

• Commission

• Marbury v Madison

• Louisiana Purchase

To pass or approve taxes.

• Commission

• Levy

• Lame Duck

• Judiciary Act of 1801

A form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions for them. In a Republic, the government is seen as “public matters” not private. 

• Electoral College

• Writ of Mandamus

• Republic Government

• Strict Constructionist