Civic Literacy Quiz

groo · February 3, 2013, 1:45pm

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

Average score was 49 percent. Seems pretty damn low but meh.

doogie · February 3, 2013, 2:53pm

I missed the Puritans question.

BlueCollarTr8n · February 3, 2013, 3:54pm

80%

Chris87 · February 3, 2013, 5:40pm

31 out of 33

lanchefan1 · February 3, 2013, 6:07pm

Haven’t been on the site in awhile.

Scored 84.85% or 28/33

squating_bear · February 3, 2013, 6:23pm

30 out of 33

Some of those were tricky

I missed mine because I straight up lacked knowledge, but some would get you if you have decent yet incomplete knowledge on the topic

MattyG35 · February 3, 2013, 7:25pm

27/33
FWIW I’m Canadian.

Incorrect Answers

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
    Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
    Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
    Your Answer: impeach several Supreme Court justices
    Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
    Your Answer: government debt is zero
    Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

Question: The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
    Your Answer: discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
    Correct Answer: establishing an official religion for the United States

Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
    Your Answer: decreasing both taxes and spending
    Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

Question: What was the source of the following phrase: ?Government of the people, by the people, for the people??
    Your Answer: Declaration of Independence
    Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

undoredo · February 3, 2013, 9:56pm

I answered the “public good” question incorrectly.

smh23 · February 3, 2013, 9:58pm

[quote]undoredo wrote:
I answered the “public good” question incorrectly.[/quote]

Me too, thought it was the only one that was sort of “out there.”

csulli · February 3, 2013, 10:21pm

Only a 76% for me. History is boring.

florelius · February 3, 2013, 11:50pm

I got 28 correct out of 33 possible.

As an non-American I feel okay with that.

florelius · February 3, 2013, 11:51pm

[quote]smh23 wrote:

[quote]undoredo wrote:
I answered the “public good” question incorrectly.[/quote]

Me too, thought it was the only one that was sort of “out there.”[/quote]

Got that wrong too.

kamui · February 4, 2013, 12:42am

31/33

[quote]
Incorrect Answers

Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
    Your Answer: decreasing both taxes and spending
    Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending[/quote]

It seems that i still have too much faith in humanity.
Retrospectively, the correct answer is rather obvious.

Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
    Your Answer: impeach several Supreme Court justices
    Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

I thought the number of supreme court justices was fixed, making such “additions” impossible.

smh23 · February 4, 2013, 12:58am

[quote]kamui wrote:

I thought the number of supreme court justices was fixed, making such “additions” impossible. [/quote]

Indeed it is. This was pure poppycock–a bill which essentially allowed him to add up to 6 more Justices, one for each member over I believe 70.

JEATON · February 4, 2013, 1:00am

Got 32 out of 33. The New Deal/Supreme court question got me. I thought he had threatened to impeach.

FDR was a true POS.

Apoklyps · February 4, 2013, 2:01am

26/33. Oh the shame… It would be there if I was an American lol.

Honestly, the average being 49% (and 55% for college educators) scares the living shit out of me. She must make up 25% of their sample size or something…

TooHuman · February 4, 2013, 2:06am

[quote]smh23 wrote:

[quote]kamui wrote:

I thought the number of supreme court justices was fixed, making such “additions” impossible. [/quote]

Indeed it is. This was pure poppycock–a bill which essentially allowed him to add up to 6 more Justices, one for each member over I believe 70.[/quote]

Um no not at all, the number of supreme court justices is established by the legislature. It hasn’t always been 9 and it doesn’t always have to be.

florelius · February 4, 2013, 2:11am

[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
26/33. Oh the shame… It would be there if I was an American lol.

Honestly, the average being 49% (and 55% for college educators) scares the living shit out of me. She must make up 25% of their sample size or something…

[/quote]

WOW just WOW, hope she doesnt becomes a college educator!

On a serious note I have a hard time believing that the average for people who teach at
college is as low as 55%. I thought people that teaches at such places had atleast a masters degree.

smh23 · February 4, 2013, 2:24am

[quote]TooHuman wrote:

[quote]smh23 wrote:

[quote]kamui wrote:

I thought the number of supreme court justices was fixed, making such “additions” impossible. [/quote]

Indeed it is. This was pure poppycock–a bill which essentially allowed him to add up to 6 more Justices, one for each member over I believe 70.[/quote]

Um no not at all, the number of supreme court justices is established by the legislature. It hasn’t always been 9 and it doesn’t always have to be.
[/quote]

Indeed, it is fixed–by the legislature. By the time FDR tried to add six justices, the number nine had been in place for more than sixty years.

Nothing is “fixed” in American government–anything can be changed.

The court-packing plan was pure political chicanery.

pittbulll · February 4, 2013, 3:22am

[quote]florelius wrote:

[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
26/33. Oh the shame… It would be there if I was an American lol.

Honestly, the average being 49% (and 55% for college educators) scares the living shit out of me. She must make up 25% of their sample size or something…

[/quote]

WOW just WOW, hope she doesnt becomes a college educator!

On a serious note I have a hard time believing that the average for people who teach at
college is as low as 55%. I thought people that teaches at such places had atleast a masters degree. [/quote]