Take the citizenship quiz - post your score

[OldPhart]

That's awesome!
It scares me that only 3% of high school students can pass.

I'm sure that number was much much better before the formation of the Department of Education. Since it's formation, Civics, as it was called back then has taken a back seat to communist doctrine. I graduated High School in 1969; my daughter in 2001. She was taught almost nothing about US History and zero about how the government is supposed to function. My hardest job was to convince her her teacher was wrong.

 

[Johnny Diamond]

Sad but true.

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[kbaxter60]

I'm sure that number was much much better before the formation of the Department of Education. Since it's formation, Civics, as it was called back then has taken a back seat to communist doctrine. I graduated High School in 1969; my daughter in 2001. She was taught almost nothing about US History and zero about how the government is supposed to function. My hardest job was to convince her her teacher was wrong.

Yep. If you ever watch those "let's ask the man on the street" spots, most folks can't tell you who the prez or VP are.

Then again, maybe it's a protection mechanism?

 

[General Zod]

I'm sure that number was much much better before the formation of the Department of Education. Since it's formation, Civics, as it was called back then has taken a back seat to communist doctrine. I graduated High School in 1969; my daughter in 2001. She was taught almost nothing about US History and zero about how the government is supposed to function. My hardest job was to convince her her teacher was wrong.

Civics hasn't taken a back seat. It's been left by the side of the road. The less the general public knows about how things are supposed to work, the fewer complaints they'll raise over what's being done.

 

[kbaxter60]

Civics hasn't taken a back seat. It's been left by the side of the road. The less the general public knows about how things are supposed to work, the fewer complaints they'll raise over what's being done.

True dat.

And there really is no reason to bother them with that pesky Constitution - the list of their enumerated rights.

 

[General Zod]

True dat.

And there really is no reason to bother them with that pesky Constitution - the list of their enumerated rights.

You mean the list of obstacles to be overcome/ignored on the path to "socialist enlightenment and equity".

 

[festering]

 

[DoubleDuty]

A missing question? What is the most important Amendment?

 

[ronbwolf]

10 for 10

 

[robertc1024]

9/10

 

[majormadmax]

I got 150% of them right! 'Merica!

 

[mroper]

The kids now a days don't have School House Rock either. That is how I can remember the Pre-amble to the constitution.

 

[Kar98]

The kids now a days don't have School House Rock either. That is how I can remember the Pre-amble to the constitution.

 

[Johnny Diamond]

Yepper, so what? At least we know shit!

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[leVieux]

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I got 90.

I was always told that Madison & Adams wrote the Constitution, with help from Jefferson, who was in Europe-France at the time.

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James Madison is often referred to as the “father of the Constitution.” Madison was a delegate from Virginia, and he played a major role in drafting. . . . “​

I didn’t see Madison as a choice ?

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[TxStetson]

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I got 90.

I was always told that Madison & Adams wrote the Constitution, with help from Jefferson, who was in Europe-France at the time.

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James Madison is often referred to as the “father of the Constitution.” Madison was a delegate from Virginia, and he played a major role in drafting. . . . “​

I didn’t see Madison as a choice ?

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There’s your issue. The question asked who wrote the Declaration of Independence. .

 

[Kar98]

There’s your issue. The question asked who wrote the Declaration of Independence. .

That’s the part of the actual citizenship test where they make you read a simple English sentence and interpret what it says.

 

[leVieux]

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My refrences said it was actually product of a commission.

see: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/constitution

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