This one-volume desk reference provides quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about all aspects of U.S. government, including elections, Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court. Includes many new questions such as:
- What was the Teapot Dome scandal?
- What are the requirements for being a senator?
- How did the two-party system develop?
- What was the largest presidential landslide?
Cross-references, a bibliography, and an index aid research.
Reviews
"...useful not only for building a questionbank, but also for studying the American government. ...makes good reading in the library or social studies classroom."
- Lawrence Looks at Books, Gale Reviews
Bio(s)
Bruce Wetterau
Bruce Wetterau has been an editor and reference book author for more than twenty years. His books in the Desk Reference series include "CQ's Desk Reference on the Presidency, CQ's Desk Reference on American Government, Second Editon, CQ's Desk Reference on the Federal Budget, and CQ's Desk Reference on the States. He also is the author of The Presidential Medal of Freedom; World History: A Dictionary of Important People, Places, and Events; and The New York Public Library's Book of Chronologies."
