Crash Course: Government

1. Why Study Government?

Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and P...

2. The Bicameral Congress

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, why it's...

3. Checks & Balances

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of pow...

4. Federalism

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the ...

5. Constitutional Compromises

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the...

6. Congressional Elections

This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections in the strong...

7. Congressional Committees

This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll t...

8. Congressional Leadership

This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll ...

9. How a Bill Becomes a Law

Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bil...

10. Congressional Decisions

This week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our con...

11. Presidential Power

This week Craig looks at the expressed powers of the President of the United ...

12. Presidential Power: Part 2

This week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking ...

13. Congressional Delegation

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about delegation and informal powers. What...

14. How Presidents Govern

This week Craig Benzine talks about how the President gets things done. Filli...

15. Bureaucracy Basics

This week Craig Benzine discusses bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to be ass...

16. Types of Bureaucracies

In which Craig Benzine breaks down the different types of bureaucracies. I me...

17. Controlling Bureaucracies

In which Craig Benzine tells you how we keep bureaucracy in check. So we've s...

18. Legal System Basics

This week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's prett...

19. Structure of the Court System

In which Craig Benzine talks about the structure of the U.S. court system and...

20. S.C.O.T.U.S. Procedures

This week Craig Benzine talks about what happens when a case makes it to the ...

21. Judicial Review

Today, Craig Benzine is going to tell you about the Supreme Court's most impo...

22. Judicial Decisions

Today, Craig Benzine is going to dive into the factors that influence judicia...

23. Civil Rights & Liberties

Today, Craig is going to give you an overview of civil rights and civil liber...

24. Freedom of Religion

Today, Craig is going to take a look at the First Amendment and your right to...

25. Freedom of Speech

Today, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is...

26. Freedom of the Press

Today, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with...

27. Search & Seizure

This week Craig talks about police searches and seizures. Now, the fourth ame...

28. Due Process

This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technical...

29. Equal Protection

Today, Craig is going to talk about the most important part of the Constituti...

30. Sex Discrimination

Today, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're goin...

31. Discrimination

Today, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking ...

32. Affirmative Action

So we've been talking about civil rights for the last few episodes now, and w...

33. Public Opinion

So today, Craig is finally going to start talking about politics. Now up unti...

34. Shaping Public Opinion

So today Craig is going to talk about where our political opinions come from....

35. Political Ideology

So today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America. We're going...

36. Election Basics

This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the Uni...

37. Gerrymandering

Today Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians ...

38. How Voters Decide

So today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussi...

39. Political Campaigns

So political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instan...

40. Political Parties

Today, Craig is going to talk about political parties and their role in Ameri...

41. Party Systems

Today, Craig is going to dive into the history of American political parties....

42. Interest Groups

Today, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been de...

43. Interest Group Formation

So last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they in...

44. Media Institution

So today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its ...

45. Media Regulation

Today we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the governm...

46. Market Economy

Today, we’re going to take a look at how the government plays a role in the e...

47. Government Regulation

Today, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at...

48. Monetary & Fiscal Policy

Today, Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal pol...

49. Social Policy

Today, Craig is going to talk about social policy - in the United States this...

50. Foreign Policy

Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking...