US Department of State
Embassy of the United States: Baghdad: Iraq
Provides updates on events in Iraq from the U.S. Embassy. Also provides numerous links to other U.S. government sites concerning Iraq.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: u.s. Relations With Indonesia
Provides information about the relationship between the United States and Indonesia. Additional information about the country is available through the links at the bottom of the page.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: u.s. Relations With Libya
Provides information about the relationship between the United States and Libya. Additional information about the country is available through the links at the bottom of the page.
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Childstats.gov
Extensive data, including an annual report that looks at the state of children's well-being in the United States. It examines such issues as family environment, health care, poverty, welfare and how the government is reacting overall to...
Siteseen
Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 essays that promoted the ratification of the United States Constitution and the nature of a Republican government.
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U.s. Office of Government Ethics: General Principles
This resource describes ethical conduct or non-performance of employee duties for those that are employed in the Executive Branch of the United States Government. Two Executive Orders signed by the President are linked; provides detailed...
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: The United States Constitution
Article covers the history and origins of the US Constitution.
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The Reach of Congressional Power
Read about the privileges and powers exercised by Congress from a constitutional law perspective. Includes examples of many cases which have tested the limits of Congressional power in the history of the United States. Many links to...
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U.s. Department of Defense
Homepage for the United States Department of Defense. Includes press releases, reports, and links to other Armed Forces Agencies.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Us Government for Kids: Constitution Amendments
Kids learn about the amendments in the United States Constitution. Seventeen not included in the Bill of Rights of the twenty-seven total.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Checks and Balances
Learn about checks and balances, limits and controls imposed on all branches of a government by giving each branch of government the right to amend or void certain acts of the other branches.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Popular Sovereignty
Summary of the idea of Popular Sovereignty, the belief that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About National Security and Surveillance
Learning module and lesson plan which examines whether or not the federal government should monitor phone and internet activity to protect the security of the United States. Comprehensive materials including C-SPAN videos and related...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Separation of Powers
Discusses what separation of powers is, what it looked like in the past, and how it is interpreted in countries around the world and in the United States.
Other
U.s. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Track the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from this website. Site is to provides information about the United States Intelligence Community and about the Committee's role and activities related to oversight...
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Middle East Institute: Middle Eastern Economies
Economic trends will provide a very important part of the context in which President Obama's policies play out in the remainder of his term until January 2017. The Middle East's economic recovery from the 2008-2010 global economic crisis...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Age of Jefferson and Madison
[Free Registration/Login Required] After a brief description of Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's contributions to the early ideology and government of the new United States in their authorship of the Declaration of Independence and...
iCivics
I Civics: Road to the Constitution
How did we go from thirteen British colonies to the United States of America? Explore the major hardships of life under British rule, how the colonists decided to break away, and how they set a path for a new and independent government....
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Siteseen: American Historama: Treaty of Kanagawa
Comprehensive resource includes detailed facts and information about the Treaty of Kanagawa that was signed by Commodore Perry and the Shogunate of the Japanese government on March 31, 1854.