Online test...How much do you know about our government?

A friend sent me this, I got 28 right out of 30.

http://www.toast.net/games/Independence/page1.asp

Nice to see another Michigander here.

Guess I better study :(

I don't know shit about amendments, or how many presidents have been assassinated or impeached!

Most Americans would be lucky to get 12 correct... and most don't even know there are 50 states; my 3rd grade teacher certainly didn't, and that was in 1980... how she got a license, I have no idea... maybe Captain Kangaroo was doling them out...

you can be my study buddy

Always felt a little ignorant about these kinds of things. Guess not! :D

Your Score is 30
Perfect score! Maybe you should run for President!

:wow:

Enough to get a license to practice democracy?

Didn't realize I knew so much - got the assassinations wrong and the number of failed amendments and when the last amendment was ratified - although I think I just hit the wrong button.

:hi:

I should have gone with my gut about who was born in Texas. I was going to say Eisenhower, but then decided to check off Reagan. Didn't realize we didn't have an official language. I guessed on the questions about the amendments and got two of those wrong.

Thats exactly what I did.

You caught me!

n/t

Would have had 26, but got confused about stars and stripes on the flag. Duh. :crazy:

:shrug:

Your Score is 26
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud.
Question

Your Answer
Correct Answer

Click on an answer below for more information
1 D D "The Star Spangled Banner"
2 C C Freedom of Religion
3 A A Mayor
4 D D The Congress
5 D D No term limits for Senators
6 B B 2 Terms for Presidents
7 B B 2 Years for a Rep's full term
8 C C 26th Amendment
9 A A The Speaker of the House
10 B B England
11 C C 3 Branches of Government
12 A A The Supreme Court
13 B B The Electoral College
14 C C 50 States
15 B B 13 Stripes
16 A A Abraham Lincoln
17 B B George W Bush
18 D D Dick Cheney
19 D D to find religious freedom
20 C D 100 Senators
21 B B 27
22 C C 6
23 B D The right of Congress to create an Income Tax
24 D D 1992
25 C A There is no Official Language of the US
26 B B John Adams
27 A B Patrick Henry
28 C C 4
29 A A Dwight D. Eisenhower

100% correct

:blush:

Not too bad for a guy who didn't grow up in this country and never had American history or civics in school. Still, though, I shoulda done better.

Khash.

But my answer to "How many amendments have been proposed but never ratified?" was a lucky guess. I knew it was at least two...

thanks...I'm always up for quizzes.

Although the "official language" question was ambiguously worded.

The three I got wrong were among the "advanced" questions.

Missed the one on Constitutional Amendment Ratification.

Got wrong the number of amendments that had been proposed by not ratified, the first vice president, and the number of presidents who have been impeached (spaced out).

I know too little or too much. It's all relative :-)

go figure.

Got the first one wrong.........The name of our Natl Anthem!!

Me Smart!

It's been a long time since high school civics.

I missed the one about the number of failed constitutional amendments.

I got the last one wrong...duh! the funny part is, I remembered that Johnson was impeached but totally forgot about Clinton...lol

I confused Patrick Henry with Nathan Hale.

missed the last 4 :mad:

Sometimes I think our educational system is an abject failure.

Wonder how many freepers would fail this quiz, but pass one on Deuteronomy.

:grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke:

NOT satisfied. :grr:

I did not know there was an amendment ratified in 1992. WTF was it?

I did not know there have been 6 amendments which were proposed but not ratified

I did not know that Ike was born in Texas. I thought it was Kansas.

I got the terms of senators and congressmen mixed up, and I remembered only McKinley and JFK being assassinated.

The other one — I honestly didn't know that the U.S. has no official language. :crazy:

I don't know which amendment was ratified in 1992, but I knew that had to be the last one, since the 26th, which gave 18-year-olds the vote, was ratified in 1972. I was a sophomore in high school and I had a friend who was 18 and a senior, and he had a dental appointment or something one day. The next day he wrote his own note excusing himself, which caused a bit of confusion in the attendance office. :7

That is bad. I did not think 1961 was right for the 18 year olds to vote, so I should have known better, but I could not believe there was an amendment in 1992 which I did not remember either. It was this:

Amendment XXVII
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and
Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

Remember that, when we complain about their pay raises. We have the option of electing Representatives who promise to undo it.

I messed.

Not McKinley, Lincoln. I was thinking McKinley was impeached, not assassinated.



Now I'm all confused... :crazy:

I missed the assassinations question.

However, I disagree and have other problems with this quiz:

1. The second question asks "which of the following right (sic) is guaranteed by the first amendment?"
This may seem picky, but if you are going to put out a quiz purporting to rate something as important as this, at least proofread.
(I got this one right)

2. Why did the pilgrims come to America? I answered the one that was closest to being correct: "To find religious freedom." and was accorded a correct answer. In fact, the pilgrims did NOT come to America to find religious freedom. They pretty much had that in the Netherlands. They also had to put up with "decadent" influences of others. They came to this country to find from everyone else's religious freedom; to creste, as Governor Winthrop called it, "a shining city on a hill." In this regard they are the forerunners the Jerry Falwells, Pat Robertsons, James Dobsons, et al., ad nauseam.

3. My favorite qustion asks how many "total senators are there." I would assume that there could be a spirited debate over this question (as worded). For instance, I don't consider Joe Lieberman to be a "total senator", and I am not sure that Ted Stevens is even totally human, but that's another post. LOL Remember, I am the word police.

Your Score is 25
Very, Very close! A little refresher course and you'll pass.

The one about the number of proposed amendments that had not been ratified had me a little nervous.

I clicked wrong on 'How many presidents have been killed in office'

PRetty good though.

Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are both "Commonwealths."

Useful to know, should you ever find yourself on "Jeopardy."

I didn't realize PA was also a commonwealth, however. Google sez it is, though.

I couldn't remember if it was two or three and didn't take time to Google it. Oh, well. . . doubtful "Jeopardy" would take me anyway -- I don't really fit the mold.

This is an informative test...I got a 23 which puts me in the bell curve just fine.