Sample Tests to Help You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test for Immigration
Before pushing other people’s buttons about the Immigration debate rampaging the U.S. right now, push a few of your own on a sample citizenship test. If you caught a name or two in-between snoozes in your 5th Grade American History class, you could probably pass the test with good merit. Though for those of you who feel they are more inclined as a Civics Know-it-all, you’ll pass with flying colors. Though you may be surprised at the little things you forgot from school or just never knew and they are often the more important facts of democracy.
While some questions may be purely historical like “which state was not one of the original thirteen colonies? Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont or New Hampshire”, there is applied real world knowledge to the testing. Questions like; “how many Representatives are in the House?” or “What is the role of the Supreme Court”, are essential for any voter to understand. While given multiple choices in the tests, if you can’t answer these questions off the top of your head, you might get tricked. Any High School Civics teacher knows the fun in this and by grouping similar terms together it creates a memory mash where if you don’t understand the concepts, you’re just guessing.
While it may be fun and games for the kids, who at worst might just get punished or left back for failing a class, it’s a question of livelihood for some immigrants. Some people may have the attitude of why the heck do I have to know this stuff, a typical teenage response, but the test is fairly easy and covers some essential facts every citizen should know. Comparatively other nations, such as many European countries, have extremely difficult citizenship tests and civic knowledge is taken as a serious qualification. At the risk of sounding like a High-School history teacher, the U.S. citizenship test could probably be a little more challenging.
Drop in on these links for free multiple-choice sample tests that automatically generate your score. Then come back and leave a comment on how you did, your fellow voters would like to know. Your need the practice anyway before Jay Leno catches you on national T.V. in a dumbstruck moment.
