Wow. 400,000 Views. that's so crazy. Was only hoping to get 100 to 200 views, but now i got more dislikes than that! Disclaimer: this was just a fun thing i did for a school project in which the idsa was stolen from an old Jay Leno bit. Not meant to be political or anything like that. (and this was made before the 2016 election btw) Many people in this video are very smart individuals who have since graduated and become great teachers and lawyers. Here's hoping for half a million soon!
@@22ergie Franklyn proved that lightning and electricity were the same, using a key on a kite string resting inside a Voltic jar. God Invented nothing.
I'm glad that in my senior year in high school my history teacher would hand out citizenship test every now and then and it really is educational and you really get to see how much a person has to learn to be able to be a citizen in this country
As an Aussie, I could answer most of these questions from general knowledge. Its amazing how much one can acquire knowledge from Looney Tunes and films like Porky's and Animal House but especially MAD magazine.
Benjamin Franklin: 1. Signatory of BOTH Declaration of Independence & Constitution. 2. Founded first public library in what became USA. 3. Bifocal spectacles. 4. Poor Richard’s Almanack. 5. Invented the lightning rod. 6. Established postal system. 7. Founded University of Pennsylvania. 8. Secured pivotal alliance of France with United States during Revolutionary War. 9. First map of the Gulf Stream (essential for navigation). 10. Fellow of the Royal Society. Plus many more.
DavidFMayerPhD Apart from some inventions and the almanac, I could only think of him being known as a great statesman, and his trips to France. Really, I think it’s asking too much to know who signed which document, or to know that he was the only one to sign both. That sounds less like something you should know, and more like something cool to know.
Benjamin Franklin was not the only person to sign both documents. Both were signed by George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson.
Originally, the three rights were Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property. The word Property, after much debate, was finally changed to Happiness. (Thank you 10th grade American History class!)
Cage SC well, in Liberalism, it is the achievement of having property which is the only thing that will make humans happy. So the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of property are the same thing according to liberal theory. Btw, all founding fathers were liberals, and if you're American or belong to any society in the western world, or believe in the free market, you are also liberals.
The Declaration didn't give us any rights, so the question is phrased wrong. It declared these rights: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
I know. I intentionally worded it like that so that they would give me an answer besides that, since I don't think it would be a valid answer on the actual test . I should have put that in quotation marks,
Comment Section: Ermehgawd You can't "invent" electricty Me: So, just ... no one's calling bs on the Declaration granting anyone rights? It's not an active legal document. It was adopted by elected representatives as a declaratory statement of intent. "We hold these truths..." was a political philosophy claim.
David Grossenbacher I came down here looking if anyone else would point this out. It merely declares rights that it asserts we all inherently hold, but it's not a peice of legislation
Jules Cordite invented the concept of the post office, was one of the first to discover deep ocean currents, started the first organized fire department, pot belly stove, first fire insurance policy, scuba fins for feet, the odometer, and the list goes on and on...
Bluefan Bro you didn't know Ol' Ben was the true Jesus all along??? My boy Franklin said, "Let there be light," as the universe was born and a fucking lightbulb burst over his head in what would be the big bang. Praise the Lord Franklin.
Seriously! The Declaration of Independence does not and did not Grant rights. Rather, it declares to be self-evident rights that existed and we're known to exist since the Magna Carta. Among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that the Declaration of Independence grants rights would be repugnant to Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin.
Actually the DoI grants absolutely nothing; it's an expression of grievances and a declaration of freedom from the "grievers." Oddly the USA doesn't even recognize it as an official document of the United States.
Declaration Of Independence was an extensive list of grievances damning King George and and Britain for being tyrannical and we weren't going to take it anymore so we told them to fuck off and kicked their asses a couple of times to boot. No document grants rights. The Constitution enumerates what powers the government has. If it isn't enumerated it doesn't exist.
Chris Duke That's not what he said. All he said was that the Declaration of Independence did not grant any rights. Rights are granted by governments. That's why property rights are different in each of the 50 states.
This quiz itself is idiotic - in what world did Benjamin Franklin "invent" electricity which is a natural force? There were countless more important scientists and mathematicians who contributed to our ability to HARNESS electricity - James Clerk Maxwell for one.
Current electricity was invented, yes. Previously there was only Static electricity. Who actually invented current electricity is a matter of constant debate.
As these exercises go, these students did pretty well. Civics is not longer taught, so I give them credit (mostly). They all seem like good people too, so that's nice to see.
All I'm seeing are possible what could be classified as harsh criticisms and precise corrections. Sure, you could call them a bit unnecessary and semantic, but they aren't what I'd describe as "mean". However, I might've missed the comments you're referring to. After all, I'm only reading what's on the entire front page of the comments and not anything else.
I'm a Senior in High School and one of my required classes is called "Contemporary Issues". In said class we had to take a citizenship test at the beginning of the year and we'll have to take it again at the end of the course. I got an 86 on it, but then again I actually had answers in front of me, whereas they don't.
Who fucking cares mate. Andrew Jackson, arguably the biggest dick of a president, founded the Democrats. Now, I do think all the democrats are secret racists because they constantly advocate and pass laws that harm minorities, but I grant that that's a bit conspiratorial and maybe Democrats are just dumb. Point though, judging the past by present standards is meaningless especially since you can't change the past.
Everyone in my basket weaving class knows that WWI came before the US Civil War; how stupid are those questioners? Wilson president??? I thought he was the neighbor on Home Improvement? Or three of the Beach Boys?
yas, becoz gobermant is squehr an it are maid of 13 younits waeed an deap, to calcalate voloom is 13 reihsd to squehrd. wish obioosley maiks 139 (eezi mait dant be zo damb pleeze)
Joshua T. Ok Im not a us citizen, im french and I think that usa people are nice, friendly and smart. That doesnt make America or All Americans stupid. I love USA and American people.
The reason people had issue with it is in America they drill into us all the multiples up to 12x12 but stop there. All these people could of course figure out 13x13 given a little time, but not off the top of their head quickly.
stunts They weren't drilled. Mainly, they were given the times table and/or calculator to do the math. My primary school was in my country, and our multiplication table was only up to 10x10. We were actually "drilled" because (I think) starting 2nd grade, we had to memorize and recite them in class. In America, they don't make you memorize and recite. If you do, good for you. If you don't, then good luck.
World War I's president is easy to remember because his initials are the same as the initialism for World War: W.W. From there you can conclude that it was either Woodrow Wilson, Willy Wonka, or Walter White.
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Jesus,everyone knows that electricity was invented by Lightning McQueen!
Woodrow Wilson was quite possibly the worst president we've ever had. During his administration, we became debt slaves to international banks, saw the rise to power of organized crime, created the military industrial complex, and entered in to European political affairs for the first time since our inception and were basically at constant war somewhere in the world after that.
@Corey I'm not sure _any_ of those claims about Wilson are true, though it's hard to define exactly what it means to "become debt slaves" or "create the military industrial complex". The consensus among historians is that he's generally among the top 10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#Scholar_survey_results I'm curious about what your source for these beliefs is. Do you remember?
Nate Wallace I'm about 99% sure I recognize the architecture as Harding University in Searcy, AR. Am I correct? EDIT: took an entire two seconds to look into your channel and realized that I was incorrect. Your campus is eerily similar to HU.
actual info electritcity was discovered by thales from milet 600bc we call it like that, becaus eof his way to show it. and the first actual practical use about it wasnt Franklin, but clearly in "vis electrica" William Gilbert 1600. there were A LOT of electronic science going on between there 2 dudes. franklin just proofed, that a lighting strike is actual electricity, something a lot of other dudes claimed before but wernt stupid enough to actual proof.
I pulled all of these questions from a list on the Official Website of the Department of Homeland Security. You can see them here and see if you think you'd get them right. www.uscis.gov/citizenship/teachers/educational-products/100-civics-questions-and-answers-mp3-audio-english-version
Multiplication, hahahaha. I was an echange student in the US: back in 99 and I gave a presentation in front of the class where I did some basic calculus, and much of the class was amazed that I could do these (simple) calculations without a calculator... I was stunned. People don't see the necesity of this skill, of what's up? I mean, I use it very often. Maybe not every day, but very close. I do quick approximating calculations on basically anything I do.
Join the Republic. We'd love to have you. Amazing that these freshmen from Arkansas and Mississippi get much more right, or close to right than the random stops on streets and college campuses in LA, SF, NYC, Boston and Chicago.
Parcekz doesn’t take much! America quit teaching its children basically about 25 to 30 years ago. I don’t know what they do in school all day. Get in touch with their feelings, hug a tree. Learn how to draw welfare
challenge accepted I’m proud of you for doing so! They can’t fail anyone anymore so they bore the hell out of advanced students. I don’t know what grade you’re in but check on taking some college courses in instead of high school courses
Actually, none of the rights were "Given to us by the Declaration of Independence." "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that we are endowed by our Creator.... " The question-writer is as ignorant as the interviewees he's attempting to embarrass. It is not a trivial or inconsequential point. The Declaration "gave" us no rights. Neither did other documents of the Founders'. Those documents only acknowledged rights "endowed by our Creator." Burying that simple distinction is quintessentially disingenuous.
What about the cows? Slaves were not considered human. I realize that's taboo to say/write these days, but that's how it was. One might also ask "what about women?" But that's sort of a mechanism of the speech of the day; "men" meant men... "all men" was sort of the analog now to "mankind" which included both male and female. Here too, just reading it may make the SJWs cringe, but that was the linguistic mechanism of the day, like it or not. This seems intended to have been a 'gotcha' question, but it indicates the same fundamental lack of understanding of context and history that the original video publisher was trying to illustrate. It makes his point, louder.
VectorImage Wtf do you guys have against Arkansas? Lmao. P.s. am i the only one who when i read "Arkansas" read is like "Ar-can-sas" then quickly correct my self with the actuall pronouncation
VectorImage Well, considering that they spell their state "Arkansas" instead of "Arkansaw", I'm not sure really sure if you could call that "speaking properly". Seriously, how and when did this happen? Can you find me another word where "sas" is pronounced "saw"?
LilJbm1 Nooo... The American Civil War took place in the 1860s. The Great War (later renamed World War I) took place in the 1910s. That's a 50 year gap, not 100 years.
Chris Dilger funny because politics is how your education will be achieved through and funded, politics and economy connect. In the end, anything you do will benefit the gov, even if it’s discovering a new breakthrough in science. Everyday lives are affected, managed, and stabilized by politics and the economy. I wish you good luck in life.
Everyone can't know everything. You learn what you need, you learn what you love. I know about things that not alot of people know, and others know things I don't. My life has not been any worse for not knowing those things any more than any of your lives are any worse for not knowing what I know.
For community colleges:the place where you can earn a 2-yr college degree? nothing. Literally, nothing, all you need is being an adult, you don't even need to be a legal resident in many states. And if you are poor the government gives you spending money to go to city colleges and the tuition is $0. And before you think the degree is junk it's actually probably the most useful education credential to find a job since it's neither completely useless (like compulsory degrees) or making you overqualified for many public service jobs (actual bachelor degree). so what does it take really? go and register for the classes and fill out the form to get tuition waived and free government money and that's about it. Sources: free tuition: home.cccapply.org/money/california-college-promise-grant free money: studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa
Just takes a willingness to be brainwashed and willing to go 100k in debt to the very people who are brainwashing you. You pay to fuck yourself up...with not buzz to go with it.
Those rights were not given to us by the Declaration of Independece. The Declaration was a recognition of them as being unalienable, which means not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied
We had a Professor in American Literature Class, most of what we were taught about was not literature but Americans' genocide, Racial segregation, American Civil War. So I guess that's very typical to American Professors 😂😂.
I would imagine that the most intelligent people are not included in the edited version of what you have presented here. That is because watching people answering these questions with the self confidence of knowing the correct answer would not make for entertaining viewing. This is similar to "Lie Witness News" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." It also feeds into the well known marketing technique most often called "one-upmanship" whereby a product is sold by appealing to people's need to feel smarter or perhaps more accurately, superior, to others.
Oh, and what does 13 x 13 have to do with citizenship? I would not think that would be on any test for becoming a citizen in the U.S. or am I missing something here?
I think that was just, you know, a "bonus question" the creator of the video added in to see if these people were either just idiots or didn't have an interest in American history.
Oh good. You noticed that one. No-one 'invented' electricity. You can 'discover' it but I doubt that Franklin had any idea that electrons (or the absence of them) was reponsible. Around 600 BC, Thales of Miletus, a Greek from ancient times studied electricity and much later it was found that electricity could be stored in so-called Leyden Jars co-discovered indepently in 1745 by a German and a Dutchman.
I screwed up the bonuse but that's because I suck at math in my head past 12x12 and I'm positive the immigrants who take the citizenship test are aloud a pencil to do the math if requested
Honestly the math question is what made me lose faith in all these kids the most. Who can't do 13x13 in their head? Come on, there wasn't even a time limit. 13x13 is not hard to do, here's how I do it just to help those who apparently have trouble: 13x10 = ? multiples of 10 are easy, it's 130. You just add a 0. 13x3 = ? much easier, 13 becomes 26, then that becomes 39. 39 + 130 = ? the problem has become a lot simpler now, and it's obvious that it becomes 169. When you break it down even these "large" multiplication problems become easy to do in your head, and "forgetting" how to do math is practically impossible since it's an intuitive process and not a fact that need be memorized. Seriously, multiplication is one of the basic four operations and not some higher level math theory like trying to determine convergence or divergence of a series. You're supposed to be able to do this at the end of Elementary School.
This is the way I calculated 13x13 even though I know it doesn't work all the time 3x3=9 so 13x13 has to end with 9 13+3= 16, then I put the answers together to get 169
The first part is correct that it has to end in a 9, but the second part is complete and utter nonsense. The way most people would do it (apart from just memorizing) would be 10*13 = 130 and 3*13 = 39, then adding that together to get 169.
Life ,Liberty and pursuit of Property actually was the original Declaration by John Lock, Jefferson ratified for the 4th of July 1776 to read "Happiness" :-)
2:14 It was originally "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property" until the civil rights era kicked in.^ 5:45 the question should be "what SHOULD the presidential cabinet do?" ^6:28 Electricity can not be invented, only discovered. This is all common knowledge syntax and all the other questions should've been answered correctly by a college undergrad with great ease.
No, it was always pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence (the document was never changed, that would make no sense). John Locke came up with pursuit of property, but the Declaration of Independence changed it to happiness
Patrick Sullivan, I have read a few arguments that support both of our views on the origins of the declaration. Even one claiming that John Locke would have used the term "estate" instead of "property." Either way I do support the fact that Jefferson wrote the declaration and I would argue that the declaration was changed. it would would indefinitly need to be edited or revised during it's creation.
Ben Franklin co=founded the first volunteer fire brigade (1736) , which was actually a bucket brigade and also co-founded the first hospital, both in Philadelphia. Ben was known to take 'air baths'.
Dion1957 Clarify? Thank GOD we have the current administration instead a continuation of the last pile of shit; we didn't need to run retreads on the rickety old bus.
Kudos to the House of Reps question. I know how they get the number, but have no idea the actual number. This was refreshing compared to most videos in this style. "Hey college student, whats your name?" "Ummm uhhh is this like a trick questionnnnnn. Uhhh 3."
Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson.
"3 rights given to us in the dexlaration of independence" ummmm... i dont think life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were necessarily GIVEN to us by the document. Jefferson was just stating that we all are enendowed with those rights, not GIVEN them. As far as my understanding goes, not even the constitution states what rights we have, only the bill of rights do. But maybe im wrong...
They're given and protected by the state. Different countries have different ideas on how much liberty a person should have, you're in one that is zealous, and rightfully so, about the preservation of those freedoms.
I was referring to the concept of rights that are considered inalienable, thus they can't be given, because they already exist from the moment of your birth, such as the right to life. They can only be protected or taken away.
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less; These are wise words, enterprising men quote them; Don't act surprised you guys, because I wrote them." - Thomas Jefferson.
Damn first of all you can't invent electricity, only discover it. Also, Nikola Tesla should be credited with it, but like most aspects of this video, I bet you didn't research it...
I don't understand this Tesla cult of personality. Yes he was brilliant, yes he contributed important things, but please research before hand. The electric industry obviously existed before Tesla, he was hired by Edison to work in it. DC power was safer than AC, but much less practical. Radio (and other em waves) were realized to be electro-magnetic before Tesla. Just because he was brilliant doesn't mean he invented everything. All of this took 5 minutes of reading, which you clearly didn't do.
Jesus Christ, tutti santi, WTF you are talking about?!?!?! About 16 years before Tesla was born, the first electricity generator was made by Michael Faraday, prominent english experimentator. The generator was a magnet passing through wire coil, it was electromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday. Actually, it was him, who founded the basics of electrotechnics, and Tesla and Edison just produced commercial gadgets. Common, Americans, don't be so limited on yourselves, there is the whole world around! Most of the technical inventions of 19-20th centuries were made in Europe, mostly in Germany, England, France and Netherlands, not in US or somewhere else!
They are the last thing you need. What you need is a truly unbias, apolitical educational system that teaches more history and encourages discussion and reading.
What we need is for people to stop asking questions that have no relevance to our lives. Does knowing that there are 100 senators matter in any way in your life other than if someone asked you that specific question?
Matthew Wakamatsu Spoken like a true ignoramus. Why bother to know anything? Well it helps to have some knowledge of the world around us. It's sad when people know Kim Kardashian and JLo but have no idea who the Vice President is or don't even know why they are celebrating the 4th of July.
at least someone will know whats in US constitution and history +jackofswords7 "truly unbias, apolitical educational system?" someone (a biased political ed. system) has prevented those kids to know their history? really?
Benjamin Franklin is famous for getting the French involved in the American revolution. He was an enlightened thinker who talked at French salons periodically and had a lot of influence in French views. Fun fact: at the time of his death, there were more statues of Benjamin Franklin in France than there was in America He also made the first almanac
Wow. 400,000 Views. that's so crazy. Was only hoping to get 100 to 200 views, but now i got more dislikes than that! Disclaimer: this was just a fun thing i did for a school project in which the idsa was stolen from an old Jay Leno bit. Not meant to be political or anything like that. (and this was made before the 2016 election btw) Many people in this video are very smart individuals who have since graduated and become great teachers and lawyers. Here's hoping for half a million soon!
All you need is the big "DEPORTED" screen stamp when they miss a question
Ur almost at that half mil cut off too
God "invented" electricity, NOT Ben Franklin.
Lawyers and teachers... dear god...
@@22ergie Franklyn proved that lightning and electricity were the same, using a key on a kite string resting inside a Voltic jar. God Invented nothing.
“Freedom of......something” - literally America in a sentence
Dependent clause*
xd
No, not literally in America in a sentence.
I'm glad that in my senior year in high school my history teacher would hand out citizenship test every now and then and it really is educational and you really get to see how much a person has to learn to be able to be a citizen in this country
As an Aussie, I could answer most of these questions from general knowledge. Its amazing how much one can acquire knowledge from Looney Tunes and films like Porky's and Animal House but especially MAD magazine.
Alfred E. Neuman thanks you
I am actually pretty impressed. This is definitely not a "jay-walking" type of video. Most of the students got the questions right.
These kids did pretty darn good.
"Can I call a friend? 'Hey, Hey friend!' "
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Benjamin Franklin:
1. Signatory of BOTH Declaration of Independence & Constitution.
2. Founded first public library in what became USA.
3. Bifocal spectacles.
4. Poor Richard’s Almanack.
5. Invented the lightning rod.
6. Established postal system.
7. Founded University of Pennsylvania.
8. Secured pivotal alliance of France with United States during Revolutionary War.
9. First map of the Gulf Stream (essential for navigation).
10. Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plus many more.
DavidFMayerPhD
Apart from some inventions and the almanac, I could only think of him being known as a great statesman, and his trips to France.
Really, I think it’s asking too much to know who signed which document, or to know that he was the only one to sign both. That sounds less like something you should know, and more like something cool to know.
Benjamin Franklin was not the only person to sign both documents. Both were signed by George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson.
Black Prince: Thank you. I stand corrected. My source was wrong.
8* Seduced enough Aristocratic French women to garner support for American independence.
11. Putting a bag over old ladies heads and having sex with them.
Originally, the three rights were Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property. The word Property, after much debate, was finally changed to Happiness. (Thank you 10th grade American History class!)
ha nice. came to comment this but you already had it locked down.
Trumps rights, I just spoke to the president of the the Virgin islands, so you were talking to yourself? What a moron!
Cage SC *thanks to Hamilton!
David Roberts what do you mean?
Cage SC well, in Liberalism, it is the achievement of having property which is the only thing that will make humans happy. So the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of property are the same thing according to liberal theory.
Btw, all founding fathers were liberals, and if you're American or belong to any society in the western world, or believe in the free market, you are also liberals.
So Benjamin Franklin invented electricity. So he is some sort of God? What were lightnings made of before he was born?
badly worded question he created the electric rod
Invented the "lightening rod"
He wrote a paper about farting
Pablo David Clavijo god you're so fucking dumb
yes thats rights. on the 100th day of the year, us americans sacrifice people on electric chairs to please God Franklin
The Declaration didn't give us any rights, so the question is phrased wrong. It declared these rights:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Invented electricity?
lol I know!!! xD
discover electricity
quan vu he didnt done that.... in europe electricity was a concept before...
Electricity has been known to exist from thousands of years Egyptians i guess.u were right Benjamin Franklin only discovered lightning is electrical.
I know. I intentionally worded it like that so that they would give me an answer besides that, since I don't think it would be a valid answer on the actual test . I should have put that in quotation marks,
Comment Section: Ermehgawd You can't "invent" electricty
Me: So, just ... no one's calling bs on the Declaration granting anyone rights? It's not an active legal document. It was adopted by elected representatives as a declaratory statement of intent. "We hold these truths..." was a political philosophy claim.
David Grossenbacher I came down here looking if anyone else would point this out. It merely declares rights that it asserts we all inherently hold, but it's not a peice of legislation
God given rights. . .
They did better than I expected
I feel so stupid right now! I need dust off some history books! Thanks for the video!
"I n v e n t i n g e l e c t r c i t y"
Y'all mind if I...Invent Electricity?
Ben was Ambassador to France, among other things.
Jules Cordite invented the concept of the post office, was one of the first to discover deep ocean currents, started the first organized fire department, pot belly stove, first fire insurance policy, scuba fins for feet, the odometer, and the list goes on and on...
He didnt even discover it they found ancient batteries in the middle east.
*Discover...
Benjamin Franklin did not "invent" electricity, nor did he discover it, by the way.
Dude, did you not know ben franklin was a wizard
Bluefan Bro you didn't know Ol' Ben was the true Jesus all along???
My boy Franklin said, "Let there be light," as the universe was born and a fucking lightbulb burst over his head in what would be the big bang.
Praise the Lord Franklin.
Also, the story about the key and kite is complete bullshit, just like GW and the cherry tree.
he invented the lightning rod, though
Obama said he didn't build it, either.
Seriously! The Declaration of Independence does not and did not Grant rights. Rather, it declares to be self-evident rights that existed and we're known to exist since the Magna Carta. Among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that the Declaration of Independence grants rights would be repugnant to Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin.
Actually the DoI grants absolutely nothing; it's an expression of grievances and a declaration of freedom from the "grievers." Oddly the USA doesn't even recognize it as an official document of the United States.
Joseph DESTAUBIN You're annoying.
I'm glad that one other person in the comments comprehends that rights are/were not granted by government.
Declaration Of Independence was an extensive list of grievances damning King George and and Britain for being tyrannical and we weren't going to take it anymore so we told them to fuck off and kicked their asses a couple of times to boot. No document grants rights. The Constitution enumerates what powers the government has. If it isn't enumerated it doesn't exist.
Chris Duke That's not what he said. All he said was that the Declaration of Independence did not grant any rights.
Rights are granted by governments. That's why property rights are different in each of the 50 states.
lol it opens and closes
This quiz itself is idiotic - in what world did Benjamin Franklin "invent" electricity which is a natural force? There were countless more important scientists and mathematicians who contributed to our ability to HARNESS electricity - James Clerk Maxwell for one.
Come on man, you can't be expecting much from inbred Arkansas kids
good choice
To be honest, America itself is kind of idiotic.
So Bejamin Franklin INVENTED electricity huh? There was no electricity until he came along, hmm?
Current electricity was invented, yes. Previously there was only Static electricity. Who actually invented current electricity is a matter of constant debate.
As these exercises go, these students did pretty well. Civics is not longer taught, so I give them credit (mostly). They all seem like good people too, so that's nice to see.
It took almost seven years on RUclips, but I'm finally getting mean comments, and its from a year-old video. So proud of myself.
All I'm seeing are possible what could be classified as harsh criticisms and precise corrections. Sure, you could call them a bit unnecessary and semantic, but they aren't what I'd describe as "mean".
However, I might've missed the comments you're referring to. After all, I'm only reading what's on the entire front page of the comments and not anything else.
Trolling wasn't invented until recently, that's why.
I'm a Senior in High School and one of my required classes is called "Contemporary Issues". In said class we had to take a citizenship test at the beginning of the year and we'll have to take it again at the end of the course. I got an 86 on it, but then again I actually had answers in front of me, whereas they don't.
Who was the president in world war 1? Abe lincon lol
Dapper Kitten Woodrow Wilson right?
Who fucking cares mate. Andrew Jackson, arguably the biggest dick of a president, founded the Democrats. Now, I do think all the democrats are secret racists because they constantly advocate and pass laws that harm minorities, but I grant that that's a bit conspiratorial and maybe Democrats are just dumb.
Point though, judging the past by present standards is meaningless especially since you can't change the past.
RetroGuy76 *spouts off random fact* DOnT tHey TEACh ThiS in SKEW AnYMOrE??!?!???!!
Everyone in my basket weaving class knows that WWI came before the US Civil War; how stupid are those questioners? Wilson president??? I thought he was the neighbor on Home Improvement? Or three of the Beach Boys?
Who was president in the Battle of Wounded Knee? hee hee hee
2:14: the orginal was life, liberty, and property. It got changed to happiness.
My favorite part of the US citizenship test is “What is 13x13?”
yas, becoz gobermant is squehr an it are maid of 13 younits waeed an deap, to calcalate voloom is 13 reihsd to squehrd. wish obioosley maiks 139 (eezi mait dant be zo damb pleeze)
Absolutely, since when has being a dumbass prevented anyone from being an American citizen? (Apols, only kidding... :)
Joshua T.
Ok Im not a us citizen, im french and I think that usa people are nice, friendly and smart. That doesnt make America or All Americans stupid. I love USA and American people.
The reason people had issue with it is in America they drill into us all the multiples up to 12x12 but stop there.
All these people could of course figure out 13x13 given a little time, but not off the top of their head quickly.
stunts
They weren't drilled. Mainly, they were given the times table and/or calculator to do the math. My primary school was in my country, and our multiplication table was only up to 10x10. We were actually "drilled" because (I think) starting 2nd grade, we had to memorize and recite them in class. In America, they don't make you memorize and recite. If you do, good for you. If you don't, then good luck.
World War I's president is easy to remember because his initials are the same as the initialism for World War: W.W.
From there you can conclude that it was either Woodrow Wilson, Willy Wonka, or Walter White.
Jesus,everyone knows that electricity was invented by Lightning McQueen!
I thought it was Lightnin' Hopkins!
you're both wrong.. electricity was invented by Thor the God of thunder..get your facts straight 😎
Why are they hesitating on guessing the Atlantic Ocean?
These people all should have been around pre gps age so that shouldn't have anything to do with it.
I took the time once to learn how to fold it correctly. The next day I was doing it wrong again. Merlin: "It is the curse of men that they forget."
Communication majors so their overall sense of direction in life is off
"arkansas" things
Arfnudaniack Blue and probably never will. They also probably can't determine left or right either
Wow, the ''Hey friend''-guy seems like an awesome person! I like him a lot.
When they said Wilson I was felt a flood of relief after yelling at my screen for a few minutes.
WILSON COME BACK!!! WILSON! WILSON!!!!!!!
Woodrow Wilson was quite possibly the worst president we've ever had. During his administration, we became debt slaves to international banks, saw the rise to power of organized crime, created the military industrial complex, and entered in to European political affairs for the first time since our inception and were basically at constant war somewhere in the world after that.
Corey but the League of Nations bro
@Corey I'm not sure _any_ of those claims about Wilson are true, though it's hard to define exactly what it means to "become debt slaves" or "create the military industrial complex". The consensus among historians is that he's generally among the top 10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#Scholar_survey_results I'm curious about what your source for these beliefs is. Do you remember?
right?
Only like 50 people were supposed to see this. Not over 100,000. Watch my other quiz videos. I swear they're a little bit better.
Nate Wallace I'm about 99% sure I recognize the architecture as Harding University in Searcy, AR. Am I correct?
EDIT: took an entire two seconds to look into your channel and realized that I was incorrect. Your campus is eerily similar to HU.
actual info electritcity was discovered by thales from milet 600bc we call it like that, becaus eof his way to show it.
and the first actual practical use about it wasnt Franklin, but clearly in "vis electrica" William Gilbert 1600. there were A LOT of electronic science going on between there 2 dudes. franklin just proofed, that a lighting strike is actual electricity, something a lot of other dudes claimed before but wernt stupid enough to actual proof.
I always find these videos to lack a proper sample size. That our you omit the people that know all this to make your video more juicy
Arkansas is confirmed full of retards
its over 9,000
I pulled all of these questions from a list on the Official Website of the Department of Homeland Security. You can see them here and see if you think you'd get them right. www.uscis.gov/citizenship/teachers/educational-products/100-civics-questions-and-answers-mp3-audio-english-version
2:04 The Declaration doesn't give us rights, it acknowledges rights that are self-evident and Creator-given.
Multiplication, hahahaha. I was an echange student in the US: back in 99 and I gave a presentation in front of the class where I did some basic calculus, and much of the class was amazed that I could do these (simple) calculations without a calculator... I was stunned. People don't see the necesity of this skill, of what's up? I mean, I use it very often. Maybe not every day, but very close. I do quick approximating calculations on basically anything I do.
She added 13 +13 and answered 28. Amazing .
Benjamin Franklin INVENTED electricity?!! I mean, just like that, he litterally CREATED electricity! There was none and pufffff, here it is! Come on!!
I was waiting for someone to say that he was Aretha's brother and he liked to play with kites :-)
I' am Canadian and I answered 90% of these correctly, says a lot.
Join the Republic. We'd love to have you.
Amazing that these freshmen from Arkansas and Mississippi get much more right, or close to right than the random stops on streets and college campuses in LA, SF, NYC, Boston and Chicago.
They did a lot better than I expected.
back to school
Don't forget to put on your Kevlar
A better question that would almost certainly unanimously stump is “what is electricity?” The flow of electrons by oscillation. Pretty cool physics
Most of these kids are pretty good, so much smarter than the kids whom Jay Leno interviews.
I’ve taken the test before and they didn’t do too bad. Also you used some of the hardest questions there was on the test
Boiii I'm a Russian living in Canada and I knew more than these people...
Parcekz doesn’t take much! America quit teaching its children basically about 25 to 30 years ago. I don’t know what they do in school all day. Get in touch with their feelings, hug a tree. Learn how to draw welfare
Mt man 1949 they are teaching me the same things over and over again... so I teach myself in the library.
challenge accepted I’m proud of you for doing so! They can’t fail anyone anymore so they bore the hell out of advanced students. I don’t know what grade you’re in but check on taking some college courses in instead of high school courses
This is the first one I've seen where the people being questioned could even answer what state they're currently in
Actually, none of the rights were "Given to us by the Declaration of Independence."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that we are endowed by our Creator.... "
The question-writer is as ignorant as the interviewees he's attempting to embarrass. It is not a trivial or inconsequential point. The Declaration "gave" us no rights. Neither did other documents of the Founders'. Those documents only acknowledged rights "endowed by our Creator." Burying that simple distinction is quintessentially disingenuous.
What about the cows? Slaves were not considered human. I realize that's taboo to say/write these days, but that's how it was. One might also ask "what about women?" But that's sort of a mechanism of the speech of the day; "men" meant men... "all men" was sort of the analog now to "mankind" which included both male and female. Here too, just reading it may make the SJWs cringe, but that was the linguistic mechanism of the day, like it or not.
This seems intended to have been a 'gotcha' question, but it indicates the same fundamental lack of understanding of context and history that the original video publisher was trying to illustrate. It makes his point, louder.
"that we are endowed by our Creator with certain, unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Yep, that's why governments are a cancer. Nobody can give you something or take something from you that you were born with.
Amazing that some of these people actually got into college.
What is even more amazing is that any of them graduated.
I can't believe how much I learned from this video, including that people from Arkansas are surprisingly smart!
Brian Hardy I wouldn’t call that smart...
Natalia Andrea It’s Arkansas, so the bar is considerably lower
Brian Hardy true true true I'm surprised the inbred Arkansas students could actually even speak properly
VectorImage Wtf do you guys have against Arkansas? Lmao.
P.s. am i the only one who when i read "Arkansas" read is like "Ar-can-sas" then quickly correct my self with the actuall pronouncation
VectorImage Well, considering that they spell their state "Arkansas" instead of "Arkansaw", I'm not sure really sure if you could call that "speaking properly". Seriously, how and when did this happen? Can you find me another word where "sas" is pronounced "saw"?
These kids from arkansas are overall much better informed than kids in coastal cities
I think everyone should be required to pass citizenship test to get "full rights" (such as the right to vote or be elected).
2:18 The declaration of intesractonin
"It was before the Civil War. No? Okay." 😂😂😂
Yeah seriously that happened around 100 years before WWI. I was like, "are you serious"?
LilJbm1 Nooo... The American Civil War took place in the 1860s. The Great War (later renamed World War I) took place in the 1910s. That's a 50 year gap, not 100 years.
American education at its finest.
LilJbm1 more like 50-60 years
It was the Secretary of State, according to Alexander Haig.
Im so glad I know how to find the missing angle of a triangle but not a thing about politics -_-
knowing the most important presidents is elementary school level
Good luck with deciding whether you should protest against a war, then...
Chris Dilger funny because politics is how your education will be achieved through and funded, politics and economy connect. In the end, anything you do will benefit the gov, even if it’s discovering a new breakthrough in science. Everyday lives are affected, managed, and stabilized by politics and the economy. I wish you good luck in life.
Everyone can't know everything. You learn what you need, you learn what you love. I know about things that not alot of people know, and others know things I don't. My life has not been any worse for not knowing those things any more than any of your lives are any worse for not knowing what I know.
When that Ben Franklin question came up all I could think of was
Something Man's Almanac and Post Office manager
What does it take to get into College in the States? Breathing?
For community colleges:the place where you can earn a 2-yr college degree? nothing. Literally, nothing, all you need is being an adult, you don't even need to be a legal resident in many states. And if you are poor the government gives you spending money to go to city colleges and the tuition is $0. And before you think the degree is junk it's actually probably the most useful education credential to find a job since it's neither completely useless (like compulsory degrees) or making you overqualified for many public service jobs (actual bachelor degree). so what does it take really? go and register for the classes and fill out the form to get tuition waived and free government money and that's about it.
Sources:
free tuition:
home.cccapply.org/money/california-college-promise-grant
free money:
studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa
liberal dementia disorder
Just takes a willingness to be brainwashed and willing to go 100k in debt to the very people who are brainwashing you. You pay to fuck yourself up...with not buzz to go with it.
The sad shit is our society has gotten to the point that its now a expectation to have a bachelors degree...
money or being brown for diversity quotas. thats literally it
My immediate thought after "What else is Ben Franklin famous for": >>Ambassador to France
besides inventing electricity? no one invented electricity, it was discovered
Yea. That was the point of the question. I didn't want people answering that.
Those rights were not given to us by the Declaration of Independece. The Declaration was a recognition of them as being unalienable, which means not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied
Man.. you don't learn any of this stuff in social justice class or lesbian dance theory. I'm in the wrong college!
D.Williams
Nor in alternative social justice class
lmao lesbian dance theory HAHAHA
SJW jokes weren't funny two years ago and they still aren't.
That's your opinion, but they still make me laugh.
Because humor is subjective.
We had a Professor in American Literature Class, most of what we were taught about was not literature but Americans' genocide, Racial segregation, American Civil War. So I guess that's very typical to American Professors 😂😂.
What does the cabinet do? Girl in purple: They.. dress him? No.. they get him lunch! T_T ^.^ I'm dying rn. 6:05
I would imagine that the most intelligent people are not included in the edited version of what you have presented here. That is because watching people answering these questions with the self confidence of knowing the correct answer would not make for entertaining viewing. This is similar to "Lie Witness News" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." It also feeds into the well known marketing technique most often called "one-upmanship" whereby a product is sold by appealing to people's need to feel smarter or perhaps more accurately, superior, to others.
Oh, and what does 13 x 13 have to do with citizenship? I would not think that would be on any test for becoming a citizen in the U.S. or am I missing something here?
I think that was just, you know, a "bonus question" the creator of the video added in to see if these people were either just idiots or didn't have an interest in American history.
yeah one of them said "oh wasn't 13x13" on your last one too"
wannabe to wasabe This is America...Didn't have to go far to find these dumb people...
I love the answers some give to 13x13.
It's like they're not even trying to count at all, just saying a random number around a hundred X'D
Oh good. You noticed that one. No-one 'invented' electricity. You can 'discover' it but I doubt that Franklin had any idea that electrons (or the absence of them) was reponsible. Around 600 BC, Thales of Miletus, a Greek from ancient times studied electricity and much later it was found that electricity could be stored in so-called Leyden Jars co-discovered indepently in 1745 by a German and a Dutchman.
As a kid in high school, I easily got all of these answers correct (including the bonus).
qq qq Cool!
Good for you
I screwed up the bonuse but that's because I suck at math in my head past 12x12 and I'm positive the immigrants who take the citizenship test are aloud a pencil to do the math if requested
Honestly the math question is what made me lose faith in all these kids the most. Who can't do 13x13 in their head? Come on, there wasn't even a time limit. 13x13 is not hard to do, here's how I do it just to help those who apparently have trouble:
13x10 = ? multiples of 10 are easy, it's 130. You just add a 0.
13x3 = ? much easier, 13 becomes 26, then that becomes 39.
39 + 130 = ? the problem has become a lot simpler now, and it's obvious that it becomes 169.
When you break it down even these "large" multiplication problems become easy to do in your head, and "forgetting" how to do math is practically impossible since it's an intuitive process and not a fact that need be memorized. Seriously, multiplication is one of the basic four operations and not some higher level math theory like trying to determine convergence or divergence of a series. You're supposed to be able to do this at the end of Elementary School.
I think that says how bad their education system was.
Franklin 'discovered' electricity, he did not invent it.
This is the way I calculated 13x13 even though I know it doesn't work all the time
3x3=9 so 13x13 has to end with 9
13+3= 16, then I put the answers together to get 169
The first part is correct that it has to end in a 9, but the second part is complete and utter nonsense. The way most people would do it (apart from just memorizing) would be 10*13 = 130 and 3*13 = 39, then adding that together to get 169.
just multiply 13x10 to get 130 then multiply 13x3 and add= 130+39 = 169
Life ,Liberty and pursuit of Property actually was the original Declaration by John Lock, Jefferson ratified for the 4th of July 1776 to read "Happiness" :-)
Where are all the Accounting, Finance, Computer Sci, IT and STEM majors? This ain't a good representation of college peps man. hehe
Ben Franklin’s Inventions: Lightning Rods, Franklin Stove, Long Arm Grabber, Fire Insurance, Bifocals.
28... i was adding. IM DONE xD
INVENTED electricity? Benjamin fucking Franklin invented electricity? What is he, Zeus?
2:14 It was originally "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property" until the civil rights era kicked in.^ 5:45 the question should be "what SHOULD the presidential cabinet do?" ^6:28 Electricity can not be invented, only discovered. This is all common knowledge syntax and all the other questions should've been answered correctly by a college undergrad with great ease.
Zachariah Candelaria
John Locke was the one who came up with that and Jefferson was influenced - in addition to others - by John Locke.
thefourshowflip I agree, #utillitarianism^
No, it was always pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence (the document was never changed, that would make no sense). John Locke came up with pursuit of property, but the Declaration of Independence changed it to happiness
Patrick Sullivan, I have read a few arguments that support both of our views on the origins of the declaration. Even one claiming that John Locke would have used the term "estate" instead of "property." Either way I do support the fact that Jefferson wrote the declaration and I would argue that the declaration was changed. it would would indefinitly need to be edited or revised during it's creation.
And in fact Benjamin Franklin didnt even discover electricity. He just described the phenomena in a better and correct way.
Ben Franklin co=founded the first volunteer fire brigade (1736) , which was actually a bucket brigade and also co-founded the first hospital, both in Philadelphia. Ben was known to take 'air baths'.
And THIS is why we have the current Administration.
Dion1957 Clarify? Thank GOD we have the current administration instead a continuation of the last pile of shit; we didn't need to run retreads on the rickety old bus.
Kudos to the House of Reps question. I know how they get the number, but have no idea the actual number. This was refreshing compared to most videos in this style. "Hey college student, whats your name?" "Ummm uhhh is this like a trick questionnnnnn. Uhhh 3."
13×13= well 13×10=100
and 13×3 =39
So 139
And thats how they are calculating
13x10 = 100? I must of missed that class. I bet your right they are doing something like that.
13×10=130
13×3=39
130
+39
169
Common core
You're fucking stupid
In the case of such stupidity there is a need
13x10=100?
Sharon Yarbrough
Read the comment, ignorant.
3:06 MOLE! BLOODY MOLE! We’re not supposed to talk about the bloody mole but there’s the bloody mole winking me in the face!!
Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson.
MORNING WOOD
Wilson was the ball, friend of hanks in castaway.
Born in Little Rock, nice to see some relevant content in a random RUclips link.
"3 rights given to us in the dexlaration of independence" ummmm... i dont think life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were necessarily GIVEN to us by the document. Jefferson was just stating that we all are enendowed with those rights, not GIVEN them. As far as my understanding goes, not even the constitution states what rights we have, only the bill of rights do. But maybe im wrong...
In other words, they 're not given, they're guaranteed. Although that won't last much longer if SJWs have their way.
They're given and protected by the state. Different countries have different ideas on how much liberty a person should have, you're in one that is zealous, and rightfully so, about the preservation of those freedoms.
I was referring to the concept of rights that are considered inalienable, thus they can't be given, because they already exist from the moment of your birth, such as the right to life. They can only be protected or taken away.
USA isn't authoritarian....yet.
iluvmaryam the bill of rights r the first 10 amendments to the constitution
"What's 13x13?" "28? Wait... no, I was adding"
Spongebob
In Maryland the citizens test is mandatory to take and pass to go from 7th grade to 8th grade.
These students seem to be more knowledgeable than most people who show up in these kinds of videos. Is this a Christian college?
+oilhammer04 Yea. I also did one that was specifically bible trivia. ruclips.net/video/nQhWswi6SXI/видео.html
No one invented electricity, they merely discovered it.
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;
We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less;
These are wise words, enterprising men quote them;
Don't act surprised you guys, because I wrote them." - Thomas Jefferson.
YEA
Ben Franklin didn’t discover electricity. He measly noted the effects of it.
Damn first of all you can't invent electricity, only discover it. Also, Nikola Tesla should be credited with it, but like most aspects of this video, I bet you didn't research it...
So Tesla should be credited for discover electricity... PLEASE, do your research before trying to sound smart.
Not even close. Electricity was discovered thousands of years before Tesla
I don't understand this Tesla cult of personality. Yes he was brilliant, yes he contributed important things, but please research before hand. The electric industry obviously existed before Tesla, he was hired by Edison to work in it. DC power was safer than AC, but much less practical. Radio (and other em waves) were realized to be electro-magnetic before Tesla. Just because he was brilliant doesn't mean he invented everything. All of this took 5 minutes of reading, which you clearly didn't do.
Jesus Christ, tutti santi, WTF you are talking about?!?!?! About 16 years before Tesla was born, the first electricity generator was made by Michael Faraday, prominent english experimentator. The generator was a magnet passing through wire coil, it was electromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday. Actually, it was him, who founded the basics of electrotechnics, and Tesla and Edison just produced commercial gadgets. Common, Americans, don't be so limited on yourselves, there is the whole world around! Most of the technical inventions of 19-20th centuries were made in Europe, mostly in Germany, England, France and Netherlands, not in US or somewhere else!
Ben Franklin invented the Grape shot. It's where you stick like 50 musket balls into a canon and fire it.
God help us. We need more immigrants.
They are the last thing you need. What you need is a truly unbias, apolitical educational system that teaches more history and encourages discussion and reading.
What we need is for people to stop asking questions that have no relevance to our lives. Does knowing that there are 100 senators matter in any way in your life other than if someone asked you that specific question?
Matthew Wakamatsu Spoken like a true ignoramus. Why bother to know anything? Well it helps to have some knowledge of the world around us. It's sad when people know Kim Kardashian and JLo but have no idea who the Vice President is or don't even know why they are celebrating the 4th of July.
at least someone will know whats in US constitution and history
+jackofswords7 "truly unbias, apolitical educational system?" someone (a biased political ed. system) has prevented those kids to know their history? really?
Genevieve Marie why. Bother knowin anything about something you can not control? We are just pawns
The Declaration of Independence DOES NOT guarantee 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Try the Constitution for guarantees of rights.
Jesus Christ this is so Cringey
I would love to see this guy go to a State university in CA or NY and do the same test.....
They did better than I expected considering most high schools dropped civics class.
So Benjamin Franklin said "Let there be electricity" and then atoms came into existence. American Exceptionalism at work here
Benjamin Franklin is famous for getting the French involved in the American revolution. He was an enlightened thinker who talked at French salons periodically and had a lot of influence in French views.
Fun fact: at the time of his death, there were more statues of Benjamin Franklin in France than there was in America
He also made the first almanac
Loved the "phone a friend"!
Ben invented the Franklin stove. He edited Poor Richard’s Almanac.
8:00 By the time the next question was asked, I started to feel like Tom Hanks.