It was an ordinary day. Reading in the newspaper about the new United States citizens who have just been approved for citizenship in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Takes quite a bit of work in order to become a U.S. citizen unless you have been born in the United States or born to a U.S. citizen and are automatically a citizen. Those hoping to become citizens must take a test which requires them to pass a Speaking Test, Reading Test, Writing Test and a Civics Test. The Speaking Test checks your ability to speak English. The Reading Test checks to see if you can read aloud one out of three sentences correctly in English. In the Writing Test you must write one out of three sentences correctly to demonstrate an ability to write in English. The Civics Test requires you to answer up to 10 questions from a list of 100. You need to answer 6 of the 10 questions correctly to past the test. Being that I am already a citizen of the United States, I thought I would check out the questions to see how many questions I really knew the answer to in order to become a citizen. If you care to try it, pull up the test at 100 civics questions on the naturalization test (PDF, 296 KB) and give it a try. I have included a few of the questions to give you an idea of the type of questions that are asked of a person if they care to be a U.S. citizen. It was interesting for me to try to answer the questions since I haven't had a history course since 1964 while a student at Millersville State Teachers College. See how well you can do on some of my sample questions. After the questions are the correct answers...don't look at the answers until you try to answer the questions.
(1) Who did the United States fight in WWII? Japan, Germany and Italy.
(2) Name one of the two longest rivers in the Unites States. Missouri River, Mississippi River.
(3) What is the supreme law of the land? The Constitution
(3) What is an amendment? A change to the Constitution, an addition to the Constitution
(4) Name one branch or part of the government. Congress, legislature, President, executive, the courts, judicial
(5) We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? Two
(6) We elect a President of how many years? Four
(7) What is the highest court in the United States? The Supreme Court
(8) What is one responsibility that is only for United State citizens? Serve on a jury, vote in a federal election
(9) Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? American Indians, Native Americans
(10) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson
(11) What did Susan B. Anthony do? Fought for women's rights, fought for civil rights
(12) Who was the President during WWI? Woodrow Wilson
(13). What movement tried to end racial discrimination? Civil rights
(14) What is the Capital of the United States? Washington, D.C.
(15) What is the name of the national anthem? The Star-Spangled Banner
Did you do well? Not as easy as you thought. You need to study hard if you want to become a United States citizen! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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