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• U.S. Constitution
• U.S. Constitution Primer
• U.S. Constitutional Convention

Presidents

• U.S. Presidents
• Biographies of the Presidents
• Vice Presidents
• The President's Cabinet
• How the President Gets Elected
• If the President Steps Down, Who Becomes President?
• Inaugural Factfile
• Inauguration Day
• Oath of Office
• Presidential Factfile
• Presidents' Occupations
• Timeline: Changes in the Presidency

Supreme Court

• The Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court: Justices, Landmark Decisions, Timelines
• Voting Rights, Elections, and the Court
• Civil Rights and Affirmative Action, and the Court
• Womens Rights and the Court
• Separation of Powers and the Court
• Freedom of Speech and the Court
• Crime, Evidence, Death Penalty and the Courts
• Additional Supreme Courts Issues
• Members of the Supreme Court
• Notable U.S. Supreme Court Justices: Biographies
• Milestone Cases of the Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Facts
• Summaries of Selected Supreme Court Cases.
• Timeline: The Supreme Court and Equal Rights
• Timeline: The Supreme Court and Federalism

Congress

• Congress
• The One Hundred Ninth Congress
• Senators
• 2006 Midterm Elections: The Senate
• House of Representatives
• 2006 Midterm Elections: The House of Representatives
• Speakers of the House of Representatives
• Congressional Biographies
• Senate and House Committees
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Major Congressional Bills Passed in 2005
• Minorities and Women in the 109th Congress
• Government Officials
• Government Trivia
• Timeline: Congressional Power

Elections

• Election Day History
• Facts About Elections
• Who Can Vote and Who Can Be Elected
• Electoral College
• The Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant
• Timeline: Third Parties
• Timeline: U.S. Voting Rights

State Government

• Data on State Governments
• Governors of the Fifty States
• 2006 Midterm Elections: The Governors of the Fifty States

Frequently Asked Questions

• National Anthems
• State Symbols

U.S. Government: Just for Fun

Quizzes

• Hangman: U.S. Presidents
• U.S. Monuments and Landmarks Quiz New!
• Citizenship Test I: Quiz
• Citizenship Test II: Quiz
• First Ladies: Quiz
• Presidential Campaign Slogans: Quiz
• Presidents and Their Dogs: Quiz
• Presidents' Day Quiz (for beginners)
• Presidents' Day Quiz (for experts)

Consitution Quizzes

• The Legislative Branch (Article I)
• The Excutive and Judicial Branches (Articles II and III)
• States, Amendments, Ratification (Articles IV–VII)
• Amendments 1–10 (the Bill of Rights)
• Amendments 11–27

Other

• Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts
• When and How to Display the U.S. Flag
• Presidential Pets
• Presidential Trivia
• Wives and Children of the Presidents