Friday, October 27, 2023

What Does it Mean to Be an American?


If you wish to become a US citizen and neither of your parents are US citizens, you’ll first need to immigrate to the United States and become a legal permanent resident.  You must reside in the United States as a permanent resident continuously for five years. The only exception to this rule is if you are married to, and living with the same U.S. citizen spouse; then you can qualify after only three years.

Before immigrants to the United States can take the final Oath of U.S. Citizenship they must first pass a naturalization test which assesses their knowledge of basic U.S. government and history. Applicants must correctly answer at least 6 of the 10 randomly selected questions to pass.

Do you know more about America than the immigrants who want to become citizens? 

Click here to find out.

Are these questions fair? Why are they so hard? 

What questions should we be asking?

What does the US citizenship exam actually test? 

2 comments:

  1. I do not think these questions are fair, I think there are more important questions to be asked

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  2. I believe the questions on the US Citizenship Test are not fair. I believe this because even most Americans (as shown in this small experiment in our class), most of us did not know a lot of the content in this quiz. Even if this is the hardest questions I believe that they should not be about our history. Knowing American history is not vital to be an American. Like discussed in class I believe the questions on this test should contain basic knowledge such as how to vote, drive, get an education, some questions on tax and also on what you should and shouldn't do, questions about money and so on. I believe there should be more general questions that will be important to anyone living as an American today, instead of questions relating to the history of America.

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