Which best describes why government is a required course in most high schools?

A. Citizens must learn to carefully select candidates for public office

B. Citizens must know the three branches of government to get most professional jobs

C. Knowledge of basic American government is required for citizenship

D. Government is among the oldest of all human inventions

The answer to this question is Citizens must know the three branches of government to get most professional jobs.

The three branches of government reach almost every aspect of our daily life in this country. For example, if you want to be a lawyer, you need to know how judiciary government works. If you wanted to be an accountant, you need to understand how legislative government works, if you wanted to be the police, you need to understand how executive government works, etc.