Only 36% can of Americans can pass this test. I got 89% (Missed one)
How about you?
https://woodrow.org/americanhistory/
How about you?
https://woodrow.org/americanhistory/
I didnโt say I was asleep I said I was preoccupied.Missed the two "trick" questions. The number of amendments and British soldiers being quartered in private houses.
Apparently I was awake in HS which sort of surprises me.
My thoughts exactly!I was cheated I tell ya! I scored 90 - missed 2. One miss I'll accept (who wasn't an author of the Federalist Papers), but on the question of how many amendments the US Constitution has, I said 26. The "correct" answer was 27 but that's WRONG because the 18th was repealed, leaving the Constitution with 26 amendments currently. Numbered 1 thru 17 and 19 thru 27. Sheesh!
The number of amendments tripped me up as well. If it hadn't had 26 as an option I would have picked 27. Some of the answers you had arrive at through process of elimination, like the British soldiers being quartered one. The test could certainly have been better, but it did illustrate what the authors intended for it to.
I still maintain 26 is the correct answer, but as was pointed out, the folks taking this test are given the "correct" answers in advance to study. But dang it - there are currently 26 actual amendments to the Constitution! I almost missed the one about British soldiers and really just dumb luck that I got it. I knew there was displeasure about the Stamp Act and "no taxation without representation" but the closest option to that was "financial crisis" which almost hooked me. In the end I surmised it was a trick question so went with the soldiers being quartered answer. It was a coin toss.