With an additional chapter on Foreign Relations. Contents: Importance of Government; Development of the State; Origin of the Federal Constitution; The Federal System of Government; The Legislative Department; The Powers of Congress; Congress in Action; The Executive Department; The Department of State; The Treasury Department; War, Navy, Justice, and Post-Office Departments; Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor Departments; Boards and Commissions; The Judicial Department; Civil Rights; Territories and Foreign Possessions; Political Parties and Politics; State Constitutions; State Legislatures; State Governors; State Courts; Civil and Criminal Procedure; County and Township Government; Village and City Government; Suffrage; Nominations and Elections; State Finance; Public Education; Social Legislation; Democracy and Citizenship; and Foreign Problems of the United States.