Some of the questions on the test are:What is the tallest Mountain in the U.S?The tallest mountain in the U.S. is MT.McKinley.What's one thing Ben Franklin was famous for?The catch is they are looking for 3 very specific answers for that question.Such as he was one of the oldest people in the Constitutional Convention.Another question is who is the current Attorney General?The answer to that is Alberto Gonzales.I'm in college and I don't know any of these answers.except I know Ben Franklin is famous for flying a kite and getting electricuted and was a famous politician.These questions are not relevant to becoming U.S. citizens at all.The reporter asked these questions on the street and nobody knew the answers not even the women.
2006-12-21 14:36:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Ok uh the native born United States of Americans some of them might not even have an education and could know nothing of that! That is the most ignorant and pathetic test I've ever seen!
2006-12-21 14:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by Butterfly 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That you don't know the answers to these questions, or the huge majority, only speaks to your ignorance, not your education or your worthiness to be a citizen. I have the entire test and am helping someone to learn the information necessary to pass it. I find it a good background to help someone have a small understanding of how this country came about and why.
2006-12-21 22:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always the case, a friend of mine just became a citizen, and told me the interviewer was most interested in reading skills. The only questions asked were local, like who is the state Governor?, where do you live?...
2006-12-21 22:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by mykl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you realize that when you say " you people " that some people take offense to that? What should a foreigner know about this country to become a citizen? The I.R.S. tax codes? Traffic signs? The median income of the poor?
2006-12-21 22:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sandra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flying a kite and getting electrecuted? No he:
Discovered Electricity
Was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
Founded the first Freemason lodge
Said "There was never a good war or a bad peace."
Invented eyeglasses
Invented the library (I think...)
2006-12-21 23:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people taking this test will have a copy of the test.
just a matter of going over the questions.
and yes--95% of americans would flunk it also--
we have a diddle school system in USA.
2006-12-21 22:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny, not even the women. Did you mean to say that?
2006-12-21 22:38:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow! i had no idea. thank you for that interesting bit o' info
2006-12-21 22:39:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋