A new survey shows that most Americans would fail the United States citizenship test we force immigrants to take when they're becoming citizens.
and was conducted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and Lincoln Park Strategies, a research firm. Of those who took the test, only 36 percent passed the multiple choice exam. “With voters heading to the polls next month, an informed and engaged citizenry is essential,” Woodrow Wilson Foundation President Arthur Levine shared. “Unfortunately this study found the average American to be woefully uninformed regarding America’s history and incapable of passing the U.S.
Levine warned folks to not just be embarrassed by our how little we know about our country’s history, but to take this as a reminder that history repeats itself. “Knowledge of the history of our country is fundamental to maintaining a democratic society, which is imperiled today,” he explained. It’d be great if at least half of Americans could pass the test modeled after the one we’re asking immigrants to take during their path to citizenship. If you apply for U.S.
A new poll shows that only a little over a third of Americans would pass a basic multiple choice U.S. citizenship test
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