1. What do the stripes on the flag mean?

A. They represent the largest states in the union.
B. They represent the original 13 states.
C. They represent all the wars the U.S. has fought.
D. They honor our first 13 presidents.

2. Which countries were our enemies during World War II?

A. Russia, China and Japan
B. Germany, Austria and Belarus
C. Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
D. Germany, Italy and Japan

3. Who elects the president?

A. American people directly elect the president
B. The Electoral College
C. U.S. Senators
D. The United Nations

4. Who becomes president if the president and vice president die?

A. Dan Rather
B. The first lady
C. Speaker of the House of Representatives
D. The Senate Majority Leader

5. Name three rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

A. Right to free speech, press and religion
B. Right to peaceable assembly, request a change of government and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
C. Right to a speedy and public trial in all criminal prosecutions, right of the people to keep and bear arms and freedom from any soldier, in time of peace, to be quartered in any house
D. All of the Above

6. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"

A. Mike Wallace
B. Ronald Reagan
C. George Washington
D. Patrick Henry

7. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

A. A civil rights leader
B. The fourth president
C. Part of President Richard Nixon's cabinet
D. A senator from Mississippi

8. Which president is called the "Father of our Country?"

A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. John F. Kennedy

9. Which president freed the slaves?

A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. John F. Kennedy

10. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?

A. 27
B. 21
C. 29
D. 18

... in response to Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by Bubba on Jul 11, 2003

These are actual questions from the tests done by the INS (now BCIS).

... in response to Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by Bubba on Jul 11, 2003

You are an exception to the rule. Seriously, let a few of those questions creep into a conversation---dumbfounded looks are assured to appear. Most high school students here will tell you that this nation is a democracy, heck even Home Depot pushes the propoganda with their advertising.

... in response to Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by AE on Jul 10, 2003

Not many. About a year ago I started quizing people I saw displaying American flags, if the opportunity arose. First, I would say something like "Looks like you are a real patriot" just to get started, then I ask "Can you name any of your rights set forth under the Constitution?" Out of the dozens of people I posed that question to, only two could even come up with "one".

"If you don't know your rights and claim them, you don't have them"

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by Richard on Jul 10, 2003

.....is when you tell them that by displaying the flag, that they go down to Wal-Mart and buy, that they are suspending their "Rights" under the Constitution by displaying a mutilated flag.

As a side note, I'm always armed----right, left, both----the police don't find that too amusing

... in response to Re: Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by Lynn on Jul 10, 2003

Maybe that is why so few are concerned about the threat to our rights from Homeland Security and the Patriot Acts.
They won't miss them until the battering ram knocks down their door some night.

How quickly we forget the excesses of the post WW I Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, the Japanese American internments,  HUAC, McCarthy,  WACO, etc.
Or the current DEA and ATF "home invasions" on addresses selected by random by some poor unfortunate that got stung and was offered a deal if he would finger somebody else.

My favorite is when Earl Warren, CA Attorney General in 1942 was asked why the American citizens of Japanese heritage on the West Coast needed to be interned when there was absolutely no evidence of espionage or sabotage.
Warren explained that the fact that there was no evidence of espionage or sabotage was proof that the Japanese were so clever.

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Citizenship quiz for your RW, posted by wilmc on Jul 10, 2003

As a people, can you believe we have become so ignorant?

I have first had knoweledge/experience with the trampling of Article I of the Bill of Rights and the general populous could see it if they opened their eyes.

As I understand it, Alaska and a few other states are starting to reject Patriot I.

... in response to That's because they're busy dealing with..., posted by John K on Jul 11, 2003

Nah, they would rather deal with some issue involving a homo or something like that than deal with core freedom issues.