IMHO, requiring only 58 correct answers sets a very low bar.
I got 96 out of 96, of course I went to school in the 50’s when you actually learned about America in school. I doubt if the average public screwl student of today could pass this test.
Oh...BTW...
Missed the Constitution date by 1 year.
a lot of geography and history questions...not too much civics.
90 out of 96!
I was doing great on this test when it shut down at question #23.
58 right? Not true. How about 5. I helped a fellow pass his test last Spring. He was asked 5 question — 2 on geography (i.e. both Oceans) — who is the present Pres and VP and one other. Also, demonstrate a sentence in written Eglish and converse in English. He was Polish and his tester was also Polish. 15 minutes at the most.
But, I will say he was prepared as we studied for a month and he was bright — I never had to bring out a chalk board.
Got all but one- 99%
Year US Consitution was written- 1787, NOT 1789 when it was ratified.
They are asked ten of these questions.......and only have to get six right.....not real difficult.
The correct answer to question #19 is “1) None of these answers”.
The US does not have a capitalist economic system.
Could the CSM have made this more time consuming and frustrating?
92 of 96, some of the questions were silly but none the less it does open the mind to some core attributes. To me there are some questions that if you fail them you should fail the whole test as they are fundamental to the nature and function of this country
Bet that 50% of HS Seniors couldn’t pass this test. Go into the inner city schools and probably drops to 25%.
The only one I got wrong was the one about Dolly Madison.
A very low bar, indeed.
I missed two questions, but only because the test requires an incorrect answer.
Nowhere does the Constitution say that the US has a capitalist economic system. And it is absurd to claim that a government that has authority to impose wage and price controls during peacetime, confiscate gold, enforce legal tender laws, abrogate bond covenants, regulate every aspect of the health care industry, coerce workers to surrender their earnings to social “insurance” and health care “insurance” schemes, and fund all sorts of crapitalist “green-energy” projects is genuinely capitalist.
The US is neither capitalist de jure nor de facto.
If one is kindly disposed to describe the US economy, it is at best a mixed economy.
I did’t read it to see what was in it. But I have deemed that I have passed the test.
Missed the Selective Service question...
Voted “Present” on the ones for:
- Current Prez
- Current VP
- US Economic System
I also wonder how many people picked-
“Climate Change” re: the Cold War
“War of 1812” re: a 1900’s Conflict
95/96 (98.9%) - the one I missed was senators being elected to a 6-year term (after debating between the two, I checked 4-year). As to the other questions, it was pretty easy to figure out the answers they wanted. I agree with you about the low bar — they should require at least 80 out of the 96.
Posted it to my facebook wall for all my liberal friends with the caption "if you can't pass this with a 90...you shouldn't be voting."
Waiting for reaction.