General Educational Development

2.1: The structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress

2.2: The roles and powers of the president

2.3: The roles and powers of the Supreme Court and other federal courts

2.4: The roles of the federal bureaucracy (departments, agencies, commissions, and government corporations)

3.1: The intent of the Bill of Rights

3.2: The First Amendment (freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press) and how the Supreme Court has interpreted it

3.3: The Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) and how the Supreme Court has interpreted it

3.4: Supreme Court interpretations of other amendments

3.5: How the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment have motivated social movements

4.1: How cultural and social factors affect citizens’ beliefs about government

4.2: How polls are used to gather data about public opinion

4.3: The ideologies of the Democratic and Republican parties

4.4: How political ideologies affect policy on economic and social issues

5.1: Laws that protect the right to vote

5.2: Why it’s hard for third parties and independent candidates to succeed

5.3: Interest groups and their influence

5.4: Campaign finance and its role in elections

5.5: The media’s role in elections