Understanding American Government Quiz

The online Understanding American Government Quiz allows grade 7, 8, 9 and grade 10 middle and high school students to test their knowledge of the history of American and US Government

This online US history government quiz entitled Understanding American Government Quiz enables grade 7, 8, 9 and grade 10 middle and high school students to test on the structure, workings and history of the US and American government.

Use the Understanding American Government Quiz to test your knowledge of America's government and why a democracy requires continual participation by its citizens. This Understanding American Government Quiz will also test your knowledge about the rights and privileges of citizens as promised by America's constitutional democracy, current policies in welfare, health care, education, crime against policies of the New Deal and Great Society, special interest groups, voting behavior, the United States foreign and defence policies and its historical role in the United Nations.

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• Constitutional Democracy (Runtime: 07:27)
• The Living Constitution (Runtime: 07:07)
• American Federalism (Runtime: 07:05)
• First Amendment Rights (Runtime: 08:14)
• Equal Rights Under the Law (Runtime: 08:46)
• Rights to Life Liberty and Property (Runtime: 08:00)
• Political Culture and Ideology (Runtime: 08:35)
• The American Political Landscape (Runtime: 07:41)
• Interest Groups and The Politics of Influence (Runtime: 07:35)
• Political Parties and Essential to Democracy (Runtime: 08:21)
• Public Opinion Participation and Voting (Runtime: 07:01)
• Campaigns and Elections and Democracy in Action (Runtime: 07:59)
• The Media and American Politics (Runtime: 07:24)
• Congress The Peoples Branch (Runtime: 07:39)
• The Presidency The Leadership Branch (Runtime: 07:01)
• The Judiciary The Balancing Branch (Runtime: 07:31)
• The Bureaucracy The Real Power (Runtime: 07:49)
• Making Economic Policy (Runtime: 08:13)
• Making Regulatory Policy (Runtime: 08:02)
• Making Social Policy (Runtime: 07:19)
• Making Foreign and Defence Policy (Runtime: 07:48)
• Epilogue - The Democratic Faith (Runtime: 05:33)