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Can you pass the US Citizen Civics test? (Original Post) geardaddy Mar 2018 OP
100% here as well! Heartstrings Mar 2018 #1
Nice! geardaddy Mar 2018 #7
Damnit! Glamrock Mar 2018 #2
Haha geardaddy Mar 2018 #5
Got a 100 bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #3
Good on ya! geardaddy Mar 2018 #8
20 out of 20! leftieNanner Mar 2018 #4
Me too. geardaddy Mar 2018 #6
100% Motley13 Mar 2018 #9
Congrats! geardaddy Mar 2018 #10
90% Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #11
You still can be a citizen! geardaddy Mar 2018 #12
Constitution date and misread Dec. of Independence Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #13
Ah, yeah. I would have probably missed the constitution date one. geardaddy Mar 2018 #14
100% Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #15
LOL I wish there still was a Bull Moose party. geardaddy Mar 2018 #16
I might vote Bull Moose just because of the name... Shrike47 Mar 2018 #34
100% Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #17
Well done! geardaddy Mar 2018 #18
Not easy! LeftInTX Mar 2018 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Mar 2018 #20
The longest river is the Missouri, so that was a trick question. LeftInTX Mar 2018 #21
The Mississippi is the second longest I believe n/t geardaddy Mar 2018 #26
Another 20/20 here. 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #22
The tests are rotating LeftInTX Mar 2018 #23
There are at least 5 tests. 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #24
That's why they need a civics class put back in the curriculum. Butterflylady Mar 2018 #33
Yes, I think the tests are rotating. geardaddy Mar 2018 #25
20/20 Freethinker65 Mar 2018 #27
Good job, citizen! geardaddy Mar 2018 #28
20 out of 20. I was afraid they'd put in something tricky DFW Mar 2018 #29
Haha! geardaddy Mar 2018 #30
One of the tests had a question... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #31
Missed 1 Butterflylady Mar 2018 #32
100%. I would have made the same score when I was in 8th grade Glorfindel Mar 2018 #35
100% n/t sarge43 Mar 2018 #36

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
6. Me too.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 01:49 PM
Mar 2018

I remember in 4th grade we had civics class and even had an election for a state government in our class. I was Lt. Gov.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
15. 100%
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 02:29 PM
Mar 2018

It wasn't difficult.

"Darnit, I thought the two major political parties were the American and the Bull Moose party", said hopefully no one taking this test.

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)
17. 100%
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 03:05 PM
Mar 2018

I wonder how many missed the "Who lived here before Europeans came" question by answering "no one?"

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
19. Not easy!
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 03:20 PM
Mar 2018

Would the average high school graduate pass this?

Of course I passed. I missed one about the longest river.

Response to LeftInTX (Reply #19)

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
21. The longest river is the Missouri, so that was a trick question.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 03:25 PM
Mar 2018

I said Rio Grande cuz I thought it was longer than the Mississippi.

3catwoman3

(24,005 posts)
22. Another 20/20 here.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 03:41 PM
Mar 2018

Reasonably good memory and a couple of educated guesses.

I wonder if there are rotating tests? Some of the questions mentioned above were not in the one I took when I clicked on the sample. Nothing about the longest river, the Constitution date, or who lived here first.

I almost decided t stop taking the test when I got to questions 6&7 - they asked who was POTUS and VPOTUS, and I really, really, REALLY didn't want to click on Trump and Pence.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
23. The tests are rotating
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 04:02 PM
Mar 2018

I don't think many high school graduates could pass this.....

I couldn't have.......seriously.......

Now that I'm a political junkie, yeah, but back then I only knew the basics.

3catwoman3

(24,005 posts)
24. There are at least 5 tests.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 04:07 PM
Mar 2018

I did 5 of them, and decided that was enough. Some questions are in every test, and others take turns.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
25. Yes, I think the tests are rotating.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 04:35 PM
Mar 2018

I didn't get the one about the longest river or the Constitution date, either.

3catwoman3

(24,005 posts)
31. One of the tests had a question...
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 05:41 PM
Mar 2018

...about which war the US fought in the 1900s.

One of the answers choices was The War of 1812.

Butterflylady

(3,544 posts)
32. Missed 1
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 05:47 PM
Mar 2018

Heck, I didnt know the British were staying in peoples houses. No one told me that. Got heck of scare when Ryan's picture popped up at the end. Please put a warning up.

Glorfindel

(9,730 posts)
35. 100%. I would have made the same score when I was in 8th grade
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 07:22 PM
Mar 2018

Civics was emphasized when I was in elementary school, plus my family expected me to know this stuff and asked me about it.

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