U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service released the new “study guide” for the 100 questions from which immigrants’ naturalization exam questions will be pulled from as of October 2008.
How would you fare? I knew the answers to most of the questions, but I think the some of the questions could use a rewrite for clarity.
Our own citizens aren’t so impressive with their knowledge of American History and Government.
A 2005 survey of college students found their knowledge of American Civics needed some serious brushing up. The University of Connecticut tested 14,000 freshman and seniors college students at 50 universities across the United States. The exam covered four areas: American History, American Political Thought, America and the World, & The Market Economy.
Among the roughly 7000 college seniors, the average score was 54.2% across all segments of the exam, with the average below 60% on all 4 sections. College students typically failed this exam.
Depressing stats from the study:
- Only 45.9% know that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution.
- Seniors do not know America’s founding documents. Only 45.9% know that the line “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” comes from the Declaration of Independence. (Finding 1)
You can take the same quiz and find out how you’d do. I got 42 out of 60 questions correct. I can live with 70%, but I’m not sure my high school history teacher would be very happy with me.
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