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July 4th, 2007 | View Comments
The only question I missed is the one that, as a natural-born citizen, I have the luxury of not having to know (#19). There were a couple I had to reason through based on my knowledge of American history, but most of them I knew cold.
I’d be curious to see what would happen to the U. S. if we did away with birthright citizenship and forced everyone to pass the citizenship test before they could vote. I am aware that there are socioeconomic factors that might make this a bad idea in practice. But knowing the answers to some of these questions, like who has the power to declare war, seems pretty critical to being able to understand the significance of some of the things that have happened in the last few years.
Happy Fourth, y’all.
Yvonne posted this on July 4th, 2007 @ 3:25am in News/Politics | Permalink to "U. S. Citizenship Test"
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2. Yvonne » July 4th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I did that one by (faulty) process of elimination.
I knew 15th was no voting discrimination on account of race.
19th was women’s suffrage.
I thought 24th was voting at 18 (that’s actually the 26th; 24th is no poll tax).
So that left 7th (which turns out to be trial by jury in a civil suit).
1. Peter » July 4th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
I missed 2. #19 and #8. I don’t know the order of my amendments.