So can you pass the U.S citizenship test?? I can't :(

Also from the UK and got 50%,I have never remotely taken much of an interest in American history.

Why not try the British one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm

Just took it myself and got seven right, 50% again. I guess I'm about as American as I am British.aiyshun

I got 40%, but I'm Aussie and also guessed half of them.

Also, shouldn't the test be harder and more meaningful or something? I mean memorizing a bunch of useless facts shouldn't make you eligible for citizenship.

Or is the actual test different?

im British and got 40%

i thought i did better tbh:cry:

I have never been to the US. I got 50%.aliblabla2007

Likewise, and i'm not even on the same continent...

Who the hell is patrick henry

100%

I took the real test two years ago to become a citizen, and its MUCH more difficult. I still passed though :D

I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

95%. I got the one about the naturalization form wrong. Very easy.

Also from the UK and got 50%,I have never remotely taken much of an interest in American history.

Why not try the British one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm

aiyshun

I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

Also from the UK and got 50%,I have never remotely taken much of an interest in American history.

Why not try the British one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm

aiyshun

[QUOTE="AmericasMIlitia"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] Not that I was able to take the test as it is not working for me, but I imagine it asks specific questions about the Constitution and such. In what way would this knowledge be at all beneficial to ANYONE's day-to-day life. Save lawyers and politicians, anyway?Jandurin

So you know where it is if you ever need to use it?AmericasMIlitia

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I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

Jandurin

Who has the power to declare war, what rights are guaranteed by the constitution, etc. I consider those very important. Maybe not to everyday life, but definitely to anyone who's old enough to vote. I mean, apparently our last president didn't even understand that first one...

I don't know, call me old fashioned, but I feel that having a decent understanding of the constitution should be required for everyone in America. Our government is built on the idea that governments should be afraid of the people rather than the other way around, but how can we instill fear into the government and keep them honest if we don't even know what they can and can't do to begin with? What if someone tries to restrict free speech? Sure, people like me will fight to the death over it, but how many people would sit idly by and say "oh, well I'm sure it's in the best interests of the country. Besides, They're allowed to, they're the government!"

What if someone tries to restrict free speech? Sure, people like me will fight to the death over it, but how many people would sit idly by and say "oh, well I'm sure it's in the best interests of the country. Besides, They're allowed to, they're the government!"Mediocre_man90

I got 100%

The fact that so many Americans do horribly on these tests worries me. How can we expect to run the country when we don't know anything about how it's supposed to work?

Who has the power to declare war, what rights are guaranteed by the constitution, etc. I consider those very important. Maybe not to everyday life, but definitely to anyone who's old enough to vote. I mean, apparently our last president didn't even understand that first one...

I don't know, call me old fashioned, but I feel that having a decent understanding of the constitution should be required for everyone in America. Our government is built on the idea that governments should be afraid of the people rather than the other way around, but how can we instill fear into the government and keep them honest if we don't even know what they can and can't do to begin with? What if someone tries to restrict free speech? Sure, people like me will fight to the death over it, but how many people would sit idly by and say "oh, well I'm sure it's in the best interests of the country. Besides, They're allowed to, they're the government!"

Here take the Canadian one and see how well you did.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/becomingcanadian/self_citizen_quiz.html#

carrot-cake

ThisAmericasMIlitia

Who has the power to declare war, what rights are guaranteed by the constitution, etc. I consider those very important. Maybe not to everyday life, but definitely to anyone who's old enough to vote. I mean, apparently our last president didn't even understand that first one...

Mediocre_man90

Congress declared war. . .

[QUOTE="AmericasMIlitia"]ThisJandurin