http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
I'll post statistics later, so it doesn't give away answers
I got 31/33 correct
I'll post statistics later, so it doesn't give away answers
I got 31/33 correct
Washington D.C., November 20, 2008 - Are most people, including college graduates, civically illiterate? Do elected officials know even less than most citizens about civic topics such as history, government, and economics? The answer is yes on both counts according to a new survey by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took ISI's basic 33-question test on civic literacy and more than 1,700 people failed, with the average score 49 percent, or an "F." Elected officials scored even lower than the general public with an average score of 44 percent and only 0.8 percent (or 21) of all surveyed earned an "A." Even more startling is the fact that over twice as many people know Paula Abdul was a judge on American Idol than know the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people" comes from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly 81.82 %
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person
we go girlD'oh.
26/33
haha...me too. Flashbacks to highschool history classI got bored after question 9. Maybe during work tomorrow.