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That was tough. I almost didn't get the one about which ocean was on the East Coast of the U.S. Luckily it was multiple choice. Anyone born in the U.S. who can't pass this is a moron.
91 out of 96, and I'm not American and never took the relevant course.
Missed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was only guessing about the number of Constitutional Amendments (but got it right). I also completely forgot that the US military no longer has different departments for different services. The answer they have for the economic system is flatly wrong. I'm amazed I got the name of an author of the Federalist Papers. Off by two years for the Constitution's writing (1789 was the year Great Britain accepted US independence). Wrong about 2nd line successor for the Presidency.
Some observations:
Interesting that they seem to be calling 1933 the beginning of the Great Depression, rather than 1929.
According to the definition they used for "rule of law", the US is explicitly not under it at this time.
The first president is somewhat ambiguous if you know US history well enough. Washington was the first President under the Constitution. There was some other guy who held an office of the same name under the (ultimately failed) Articles of Confederation.
Lincoln cannot be said to have saved or preserved the Union, since his actions were the proximate cause of the succession of the Southern States.
Slavery was not a major problem leading to the US civil war (unless you go with a fairly complex chain of reasoning involving the collapse of the Whig Party, which did involve the problem of slavery being supported by the Party despite being incompatible with basic principles of the Party, leading to the formation of the Republican Party which then makes it possible for Lincoln to become president and cause both the Succession and the war).
A lot of those answers are wrong. For example, the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 2, 1776, not July 4.
96 out of 96. Was that supposed to be hard?
I also got 96 out of 96. Largely because I knew what answer they were looking for even if it was wrong. Supposedly most Americans can't pass a citizenship test, but I believe that is just a myth.
I took it when I was 19--just to see what it was like: I got the full grade easily.