The questions are way better than they used to be! I helped on a research project in 2009 where we asked Americans citizenship test questions. They were BIZARRE, badly written and difficult. There were all these questions about the Articles of Confederacy, etc. Not one person we asked got an answer right. Some people couldn't even figure out what the questions meant! The questions in this video are a lot more straightforward.
I remember how hard they used to be and I almost got them all except for I didn’t know how long they had to pass a bill after they called cloture. It’s 30 hours. I was close.
I remember helping (or trying to help) my mom's bosses who were from Greece study for the old test in the 90s. It was SO HARD. We all learned a lot. Glad to hear new versions are more reasonable.
When my parents were studying for their citizenship test, they were given a CD to listen to that ran through all the questions. We spent all road trips that year listening to the CD until their test.
When I was studying for this test 29 years ago, one of the practice questions was “who said ‘give me liberty of give me death’ “ - I couldn’t find it in the answers and since Google wasn’t even a twinkle it its founders’ eyes, I asked my American husband and friends - got a lot of different answers, ALL of them wrong. It was Patrick Henry and while I’ve probably forgotten a lot, I’ll always remember that answer lol!
When i took the test in the mid-90s, I told the guy the questions were too easy. He asked me who voted the president in, and I answered the electoral college. He was impressed cause most people missed that answer.
@@CrystalPheonix honestly they wouldn't. I'm helping my husband study and I knew every single question, they are all very very easy common knowledge questions.
American adults complain that they “weren’t taught this in school.” Reality is that all of us were taught it in middle school. Some people just weren’t paying attention.
The stuff we weren't taught were the things we actually NEED to know. Things like our rights, basic laws, or how to file taxes. For example, in high school, we were going over the constitution amendments and our teacher skipped over a few. She didn't know what they were because they weren't on the test. Guess knowing those rights aren't important.
As senoirs we took the citizen ship test twice, the first time it was more a general idea of this is whats one the test so we knew what we needed to study and know and the second time it was more serious but it was still pretty interesting and i think there was a joke going around that if you failed it youd be deported (i think it went around more with the POC kids but i still heard it so much). I loved that teacher he was amazing
No. The correct answer is Louisiana. As the "territory" that was purchased was called Louisiana. It's not referring to states that now exist because of the purchase. Nor is it referring to the name of the purchase. Fml. I'm not even American.
New Year’s is technically classified as a federal holiday (all federal employees get off) and states can choose to officially recognize the holiday and allow their employees off if they want to
I honestly don’t get why knowing any of that is important. However, despite never setting foot in America I got all of them right, except maybe the one about naming 3 of the first states. But seriously, being able to read and write English and understand road signs and safety signs is far more important that what wars was America involved in during the 1800s.
Well since you’ve never set foot in America you would not understand the importance of the different wars and how they affected and influenced our world today. There are 50 states- can you name all of the capital cities? How about all of our territories? What the significance of purchasing certain states from certain other countries was? Trail of Tears? Donnie’s Pass? Date of Pearl Harbor Attack? First settlement in America? Only 4 term President and that importance? Knowing which states are along the different borders, influence that States laws, citizenship, military,economy, and trafficking. Do you understand why it is important for citizens to know which were the first 13 colonies or states? And how that ended up effecting the civil war centuries later? No- you don’t, so be quiet! You also don’t know that this is just a test- every citizen must take classes to learn so much more, including English, plus the basic knowledge of being a citizen and living in the U..S. I know this because my Brother teaches a citizenship class. By the way- road signs questions are on our drivers test. Not everyone drives.
These are literally the most common sense questions ever. To easy actually and should be harder to obtain citizenship. If someone doesn’t know these very basic things they don’t even belong applying for citizenship
@@Charlie-v5z but what does knowing the rather ancient history of America have to do with being a good citizen? A lot of people born in America couldn’t pass this test.
In Wisconsin, we have to take the US citizenship test to graduate high school. In my junior year civics class, they gave us a study guide that went over constitutional amendments, all of our rights, etc.. then we got to the actual test and it was super simple.. literally the most basic test I've ever taken.
a requirement to graduate we have to take the us citizenship test ( 10 for people coming in out of 128 and we had to do all i got 119/128) and we made jokes about us getting our citizenship revoked if we failed
I’m sorry but these comments are terrifying. How do you not know these common sense things? Like this test is to easy. You need to go back to school because your education system failed you and you aren’t very bright
I’m embarrassed by the comments and it shows the average American is not very bright because these are literal common sense and the test should be made harder.
5 questions in as far as I'm concerned she passed. Sure I learned more than that in a US public school, but I feel like she learned a lot in her own time considering she didn't go to school in this country.
Ok but like why does the Louisiana purchase and the history of wars and the 13 colonies matter 😭 I get that it’s history but like you don’t need that information to function in society- why aren’t they asking about laws and government and stuff more
The questions are way better than they used to be! I helped on a research project in 2009 where we asked Americans citizenship test questions. They were BIZARRE, badly written and difficult. There were all these questions about the Articles of Confederacy, etc. Not one person we asked got an answer right. Some people couldn't even figure out what the questions meant! The questions in this video are a lot more straightforward.
I remember how hard they used to be and I almost got them all except for I didn’t know how long they had to pass a bill after they called cloture. It’s 30 hours. I was close.
@@AshleyOliviaDaCostaI mean it’s good to know, but realistically it’s not that important as an average American.
@@gummy5862 right. The old test was ridiculous.
One of the 100 questions of my citizenship test in 2018 was “where did America get slaves from?” And the answer was “Africa”. Just Africa. Ridiculous.
I remember helping (or trying to help) my mom's bosses who were from Greece study for the old test in the 90s. It was SO HARD. We all learned a lot. Glad to hear new versions are more reasonable.
Never heard someone say "civil war" so joyfully
She must be thinking about the Civil War when Ironman fight Captain America😂😂😂
Who else said “The Louisiana Purchase” vs just “Louisiana?” lol
I mean they are completely different things. The Louisiana purchase almost doubled the size of the US
me lol
@@amysilber1440 I made a similar mistake where I said the selective service was until 26 instead of 18-26….
Me !
1803
15 million bucks
“Name one state that borders Canada.”
My dumb-ass brain said “the United States!” and then I realized 🤦♀️😂
by the dictionary definition, you're not wrong.
@@gremlinman9724they are because the United States is not A state..
naw i confidently screamed mississippi where i meant to minnesota
As a Canadian I thought of Michigan too😅
When my parents were studying for their citizenship test, they were given a CD to listen to that ran through all the questions. We spent all road trips that year listening to the CD until their test.
When I was studying for this test 29 years ago, one of the practice questions was “who said ‘give me liberty of give me death’ “ - I couldn’t find it in the answers and since Google wasn’t even a twinkle it its founders’ eyes, I asked my American husband and friends - got a lot of different answers, ALL of them wrong. It was Patrick Henry and while I’ve probably forgotten a lot, I’ll always remember that answer lol!
i had the patrick henry question too!
The way I said “civil war” back-to-back for the last two questions 😂
How cute is she? She’s so excited and adorable 🥰
Good to know my school didn’t fail teaching me, and that I didn’t fail listening.
When i took the test in the mid-90s, I told the guy the questions were too easy. He asked me who voted the president in, and I answered the electoral college. He was impressed cause most people missed that answer.
It would make more sense if they asked them about our laws and responsibilities of citizenship than trivia.
There are 100 questions and these were only 12
Most US citizens would fail this test. Those who were born and raised here i mean. Just saying. (There r stats on this btw)
@@CrystalPheonix In the state I live in, you have to pass it to graduate high school.
@@CrystalPheonix honestly they wouldn't. I'm helping my husband study and I knew every single question, they are all very very easy common knowledge questions.
@@CrystalPheonix I don't think there are any real stats on this. Maybe on the previous versions. It's been updated.
I’m Canadian and don’t live in America and I know all those questions
American adults complain that they “weren’t taught this in school.” Reality is that all of us were taught it in middle school. Some people just weren’t paying attention.
The stuff we weren't taught were the things we actually NEED to know. Things like our rights, basic laws, or how to file taxes.
For example, in high school, we were going over the constitution amendments and our teacher skipped over a few. She didn't know what they were because they weren't on the test. Guess knowing those rights aren't important.
I’m a Canadian and this was super easy
Born and raised in America and I got maybe half right.😂
Born and raised in Canada and I got most of them right
I’m concerned
Born in Australia and got all of them right
I’m sorry to tell you that you’re just… dim
Born in the UK and haven't studied American history much and got most aha
Those were surprisingly easy! I thought they would be much more difficult.
Congratulations! You did very well 👏🏻
Great job,eh. And thanks for the shout out for Michigan.
Fun fact. More foreigners, who live in the US, know about America than most Americans.
Whoa thats pretty good! Love ur channel!
Nailed it!
Wow...as a Canadian myself and somehow knowing all these answers, it really shows how much we learn from school and tv shows
I'm from the UK and got all but 1 right.
As senoirs we took the citizen ship test twice, the first time it was more a general idea of this is whats one the test so we knew what we needed to study and know and the second time it was more serious but it was still pretty interesting and i think there was a joke going around that if you failed it youd be deported (i think it went around more with the POC kids but i still heard it so much). I loved that teacher he was amazing
Not just Louisiana, the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States, adding about a quarter of what it is now
No. The correct answer is Louisiana. As the "territory" that was purchased was called Louisiana. It's not referring to states that now exist because of the purchase. Nor is it referring to the name of the purchase. Fml. I'm not even American.
Is new Year's not an international holiday? Like that's not just an American thing
It's still a national holiday in America.. they didn't say "American holiday".
New Year’s is technically classified as a federal holiday (all federal employees get off) and states can choose to officially recognize the holiday and allow their employees off if they want to
I’m a New Zealander living in New Zealand and got all
These correct 🤷♀️
I feel like as a Canadian living in Canada. You’d also get these questions right
My favorite was that she had difficulty on the question about 2 US holidays when the question before was literally an answer lol
I'm not American and don't live in America but I could answer most of those 😅
I honestly don’t get why knowing any of that is important. However, despite never setting foot in America I got all of them right, except maybe the one about naming 3 of the first states.
But seriously, being able to read and write English and understand road signs and safety signs is far more important that what wars was America involved in during the 1800s.
Well since you’ve never set foot in America you would not understand the importance of the different wars and how they affected and influenced our world today.
There are 50 states- can you name all of the capital cities? How about all of our territories? What the significance of purchasing certain states from certain other countries was? Trail of Tears? Donnie’s Pass? Date of Pearl Harbor Attack? First settlement in America? Only 4 term President and that importance?
Knowing which states are along the different borders, influence that States laws, citizenship, military,economy, and trafficking.
Do you understand why it is important for citizens to know which were the first 13 colonies or states? And how that ended up effecting the civil war centuries later?
No- you don’t, so be quiet!
You also don’t know that this is just a test- every citizen must take classes to learn so much more, including English, plus the basic knowledge of being a citizen and living in the U..S. I know this because my Brother teaches a citizenship class.
By the way- road signs questions are on our drivers test. Not everyone drives.
These are literally the most common sense questions ever. To easy actually and should be harder to obtain citizenship. If someone doesn’t know these very basic things they don’t even belong applying for citizenship
Nope these are to easy. If you don’t know these common sense questions you don’t even belong in this country
@@Charlie-v5z but what does knowing the rather ancient history of America have to do with being a good citizen? A lot of people born in America couldn’t pass this test.
In Wisconsin, we have to take the US citizenship test to graduate high school. In my junior year civics class, they gave us a study guide that went over constitutional amendments, all of our rights, etc.. then we got to the actual test and it was super simple.. literally the most basic test I've ever taken.
Majority of Americans would fail the test. Plenty of videos of ppl asking random ppl and getting WILD answers.
I’m going to be honest. As an American I would have gotten most of these wrong 🫠😂
Same
How
@@SethZ22 lol average people are not politicians nor geography teacher. Not to mention our school doesn't teach about American geography at all.
As an American I got every single one. This stuff is taught in school in seventh grade and before
@@Blop_murph Fr how do people not know these easy ass questions
Thats so easy.
a requirement to graduate we have to take the us citizenship test ( 10 for people coming in out of 128 and we had to do all i got 119/128) and we made jokes about us getting our citizenship revoked if we failed
I‘m German and I’ve never been to the Us, why do I know these???
That's a good question!
girl i’m american n i didn’t even know most of these 😭😭
You did better than me... AND IM AN AMERICAN 😅😂😂
You are not very bright. These are literally common sense and I can’t believe anyone wouldn’t know these things. Did you graduate elementary school?
I was born in America and she nows more then i do about usa
Knows**
I’m sorry but these comments are terrifying. How do you not know these common sense things? Like this test is to easy. You need to go back to school because your education system failed you and you aren’t very bright
I missed the "name a war Americans fought in the 1800s" but got the rest correct.
ironically, non-citizens taking this test know more than most people born in america
I got all of these and I'm a Brit lol!!
I know all of them except the capital of New York
Not me being Canadian knowing these. 😅
The 1803 i wasn't sure about😂 and I'm American😂😂😂
I’m American and only knew 2 of these lol
You are not very bright. This test is so easy I think they should make it harder because literal elementary school children can pass this
@@Charlie-v5z I just do not care about War & all that tbh
Did we make up new Year's? Is January 1st only in America?
Vociferous patriots should have to take that test.
as an american all my life, i can proudly say i know none of this
How did I say all the same answers 😭😂😂😂
My mom isn't from America but i was born and raised in America and i got everything wrong but the legal age to vote question
Did you graduate elementary school?
@Charlie-v5z yes actually I'm a cardiac surgeon so um Yeah 15+ years of schooling to be exact 😐
The question I got wrong on my 2018 citizenship test was what year the constitution was written. Anyone know?
Google says the summer of 1787
As an american who took AP us history...I have NO FUCKING CLUE
Listen to the Musical Hamilton and you will be a pro in the early history (~30) years of the US and its Genius and moving too!
Ive never studied is history and I knew them all😭
This should be required to vote along with an ID
The joy in saying civil war was sus 👀
The fact that I'm American born and didn't know half of what she said
I’m embarrassed by the comments and it shows the average American is not very bright because these are literal common sense and the test should be made harder.
5 questions in as far as I'm concerned she passed. Sure I learned more than that in a US public school, but I feel like she learned a lot in her own time considering she didn't go to school in this country.
How is this a citizenship test?
I didn’t know most of these. That sucks. I’m not fit to be American!
I could answer them all and I am not an American and don’t even live there.
me in apush
Bro I live in America and my ass said we celebrate Independence Day on January 4th 😭😭😭
I didn't realize she lived here and I felt really dumb for a second
Michigan doesnt actually touch canada though
@@rebeccanater they count water as the border!
i missed number 8 and 10
These days hardly any born-in-the-US citzens know even HALF of this information 😂 you're doing great
Thing is some Americans probably don’t even know these answers
Ok I'm sorry but has my education system failed me because idk half of this shit and I was born in the US
Conveniently,, i think all of the history queations were actually covered int eh canadian curriculum,, at least where i live,, lol
Ok but like why does the Louisiana purchase and the history of wars and the 13 colonies matter 😭 I get that it’s history but like you don’t need that information to function in society- why aren’t they asking about laws and government and stuff more
Of course you’d know war of 1812 😏
You destroyed that
Is New Years Day a national holiday? Isn't it international?
It's both .. why are people so dumb
Why would any Canadian want to move to the USA 😂😂
Is ot ok I named Alaska as one of the states at the Canada's border? 😂
Why wouldn't it be? The question was name A state.. there are plenty to choose from.
As a Canadian, why do you want to be American!?😂
@@lisaburke1761 my husband is a dual citizen and having both for myself would make things easier as we now live in NYC!
@@JessMcKay I was joking, but that makes sense.
You actually have to be 35 to run for president
the question was vote, not run (honestly fair mistake, my brain autocompleted it as "run" when i first heard it and i had to rewind to hear it right)
Congrats you know more than any american child that went through public school
NGL most Americans don't know that Albany is the capital of the US. Good for her
Lmfao... Albany is certainly not the capital of the US.
Another question was what type of government do we have? Answer is "Constitutional Republic." NOT "mUh dEmOCrAcY!"
I thought we had a democratic republic? I could be wrpng tho
“Name one state that borders Canada”
Me proudly saying: “U.S.”
War of 1877
As a Canadian I knew 9/11 answers
😒
The fact that many adults born and raised in America would struggle with or fail the US Citizenship exam is as sad as it is true.
No it's not
Q: When do you celebrate Independence Day?
A: Why would I waste money on that?
Nothing civil about war
So you bassicly have to pas a history test to be a citizen...wel i am f*cked.
She called me a stupid American in 1736383648264 languages
By the "Civil War" she meant the War of Northern Aggression, right?
Correct answers were civil war or war between the states
most american citizens don’t even know this😭
Yanks gonna try quizzing us on 1812? Really?
You got the last one wrong. it's the war between the states. We haven't had a civil war yet.
It gave both answers as possibly correct on the official test.
That’s why I went to the comments to see if a REAL American caught it!!!
"War of Northern Aggression" is the name of the american civil war, which was not civil by any means.