There’s been a lot of bickering about immigration reform this year. If you had to take the citizenship test today, would you pass?
All the bickering this year about immigration and right-wing rhetoric about sealing the borders got me wondering: if we all had to take the US citizenship test today, how many of us would pass?
Turns out there are are some curveballs on this thing. Below are some of the questions I suspect might stump more than a few of us. (And no, I didn’t include the one about the First Amendment that tripped up Christine O’Donnell.)
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
How many U.S. Senators are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? (Discover electricity doesn’t count.)
Who was President during World War I?
Name one U.S. territory.
So? Any of these stump you? Let us know. — And no, Disney World does not count as a US territory. Happy citizen-ing.
Source : deathandtaxesmag.com
All the bickering this year about immigration and right-wing rhetoric about sealing the borders got me wondering: if we all had to take the US citizenship test today, how many of us would pass?
Turns out there are are some curveballs on this thing. Below are some of the questions I suspect might stump more than a few of us. (And no, I didn’t include the one about the First Amendment that tripped up Christine O’Donnell.)
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
How many U.S. Senators are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? (Discover electricity doesn’t count.)
Who was President during World War I?
Name one U.S. territory.
So? Any of these stump you? Let us know. — And no, Disney World does not count as a US territory. Happy citizen-ing.
Source : deathandtaxesmag.com
