If you've been missing those episodes of "School House Rock" that broke everything from history class ... Here is your guide to the three branches of the U.S. government. Start the day smarter.

The concept of dividing government power came from the French philosopher Montesquieu. Montesquieu has three syllables, and there ar. Montesquieu was born in 1689 and died in 1755. He lived in a ...

At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different types of power. The legislative branch made the laws through a Congress of two houses ...

The answer is quite apparent: they do not. The Constitution establishes three coequal branches of government, separation of powers, and delineates each branch's enumerated duties and responsibilities.

But with a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center showing that about a third of American adults can’t name the three branches ... government and read a series of major U.S. history ...

Key findings include: 65% of Americans can name all three branches of government 13% of Americans can name two branches of government 8% of Americans can only name one branch of government 15% of ...

Books on U.S. history are displayed for sale at ... that about a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think we should be aiming higher.

But with a recent survey showing that a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think we should be aiming higher. Test scores in history and civics ...