bubbaspike

See how well you do.
I need to go back to school.http://polls.aol.com/ifs/poll/election/quiz283.adp

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sixate

I took this before the site crashed. 11 out of 12 for me. If I remeber correctly I missed the number of ammendments to the constitution.

The_Dude

took it a while back, 11/12

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crewsor

10 of 12, not too bad considering the length of time since I've studied that stuff.

SaltPork

Your score: 12 out of 12.

You're a model citizen.

Yay me!!

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It was like that when I got here....I swear.

Grondar

4/12

Sadly, I remember learning about this stuff in 12th grade Government class, but apparently it didn't stick.

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Peetster

9 of 12. I'm an idiot. :-)

JoeyB

11/12. I added a few amendments that weren't actually there. I'm sure they were good ones and we actually could use them!!!!!

It would be fun to give this quiz to anyone who complains about too many immigrants coming to this country. Highest score between them stays....lowest score goes elsewhere.

(hopefully I wouldn't miss one!)

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Grondar

Kind of ironic, but I feel like I know more about the government systems and regulations of other countries than my own (USA), as throughout my entire schooling I have had 1 government related class, but many more that covered the history of countries other than my own.

Therefore, I think that an immigrant would know more than me about American government, especially if they are fleeing from their current countries government. I would think they would want to learn as much as they could about the "ideal" government and policies they are fleeing to (USA).

Just a thought.

Nad Adam

5 of 12, that's slightly better than picking them out at random. But I'm not american so who cares.

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splck

10/12 but no plans on seeking american citizenship, so it dosn't matter.

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Zotz

10 out of 12......I'm ready for Jeopardy

bundy

10/12
i think thats pretty good for an Aussie.
I wonder how we'd all score in an Australian citizen quiz?

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bubbaspike

Bring it on!

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maximusveritas

11/12.
I'm pretty sure most Americans would fail this test.

GreenCloud

10/12

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KillerYoda

"Your score: 12 out of 12.

You're a model citizen."

You're goddamn right, muthafucka!

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spectre

Took this test before: 11/12

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Liquor Dealer

12 outa' 12

For me

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Memalvada

Civics class? Are you talking about a Honda civic?

Who cares anyways... Im not even an American

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frenik

7 of 12, but I remember getting 11 of 12 last time. Either I got many much more stupider, or it's because I've been up since 6:30 this morning.

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4thTimeLucky

Maybe you 12 out of 12ers can help me.

Q. "Who has the power to declare war?"

A. "Only congress has the power to declare war."

I thought the the President could declare war for 30 days, but then needed Congressional approval for longer. Can someone clarify please.

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KillerYoda

<i>Supposedly</i> the ol' 30 day war thing isn't an official declaration of war. They usually call those "conflicts." Like how even though it was much longer than 30 days, because there was never officially a war declaration, they call it the "Vietnam Conflict" in some textbooks and such.

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druptight

8, not too bad i guess.

raeanna74

9 out of 12. Would be a pretty poor score for school. Some of those things though we are led to believe that we vote for the president because we VOTE. It's what they do with our votes that makes the difference. The system worked fine for early America but I think it needs some work. Also about us being a republic - I know that's true but so often on the news they talk about democracy and being democratic that people get the wrong idea. Part of the problem isn't as much with the US citizens but our history/social studies textbooks and the teachers in our elementary schools. (I can talk because I've been an El Ed teacher) We don't teach or public the basics. We spend all this time on new movements in our country and politcal bias when we aren't spending enough time on the facts of how things are actually run and the structure of it all. If students/people understood the structure better we'd be running things better and they would understand why our government makes some of the decisions that it does. As far as imigrants - My opinion there is we started as a country with open doors but we hand out our taxes to people who refuse to learn the language that the majority use here. I know spanish some but that doesn't mean that I'm going to speak in spanish when everything else here is written and spoken in English first. The first immigrants had to learn to adapt not Americans to the immigrants.

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iccky

Since the president is technically the commander in cheif, he can order the military to do anything, drop bombs, fight, whatever. Its not an official war until congress declares it, but that doesn't really matter. In case no one has noticed, we haven't fought an official war since world war II (I don't think the first persian gulf war was officially declared, but I could be wrong).

The 30 days thing comes from the war powers act, which they passed after Vietnam. It says that the president has to seek congressional approval to send troops overseas for more then 30 days. Pretty much every president has said its unconstitutional, though its never been tested in court.

Incidentally, I got a 12 out of 12, but I'm a political science major, so I damn wll better have .

iccky

Heres a thought, put this in the general forum as a poll, and see how people who don'tt on a politics forum do.

Bill O'Rights

<b>Your score: 12 out of 12.

You're a model citizen.</b>

Hooray for me...Bill O'Rights...get it?...Bill...ahh nevermind

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Prophecy

bah, I got 11 out of 12.
I missed the year The Constitution was written.

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l_o_c

9 out of 12.

mirevolver

12 out of 12

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seretogis

woot ~

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Magpie0001

2 out of 12, Im not american.

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spankthru

3 out of 12, I'm Canadian. I wonder how many Americans would know who was the first prime minister of Canada?

KillerYoda

Jean Chretien?

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pinal

What a good resource for testing yourself. I also need to keep me updated.