Andrei Kirilenko is now a US citizen

[Gyp Rosetti]

Considering Archie has already neg repped me for this thread asking me not to lock it I think the wound may still be too fresh.

Welp, he can't negrep you again?

 

[Sean]

Speaker of the House is now that Orange Boner dude. Not the Guidette from California.

I BROKE THE TEST!

 

[David Stern]

Sweet, now let's dump his *** to the Raptors.

 

[franklin]

I got 96% correct. One of the ones I missed I think was defensible because I think multiple answers are correct.

I noticed quite a few as well. The one I missed had no correct answer:

17) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A. the right to bear arms and freedom to vote
B. freedom of worship and freedom of education
C. freedom of expression and the right to bear arms
D. freedom to vote and freedom of speech

A. is just as right and wrong as C.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Missed 2:

I thought Indiana was stuck next to Canada.

Edit: Come to think of it, Wisconsin is the problem. My mind just doesn't account for Wisconsin. In my mind, Michigan is where Wisconsin is. I've had that problem for years even though I know Milwakuee and Chicago are close to each other.

I wrongly attributed what Susan B. Anthony did.

 

[tatermoog]

12) Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A. human rights
B. election freedom
C. economic reasons
D. presidential conflicts

Believing that slavery was a human rights issue I answered a. The answer was c. I think both are correct. D is probably also correct given that the election of Lincoln was a precipitating event in secession.

Reminds me of the Simpson's episode where Apu is asked a very similar question as part of his citizenship test.

Good scott, that's more propaganda than fact. A and D are both better answers than C, unless slavery is being subsumed under "economic reasons."

 

[NCJazz]

Good scott, that's more propaganda than fact. A and D are both better answers than C, unless slavery is being subsumed under "economic reasons."

Remember the bigger goal of the civil war to begin with was to preserve the union and not end slavery.

 

[Sneakers]

I noticed quite a few as well. The one I missed had no correct answer:

17) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A. the right to bear arms and freedom to vote
B. freedom of worship and freedom of education
C. freedom of expression and the right to bear arms
D. freedom to vote and freedom of speech

A. is just as right and wrong as C.

Nuh-uh as some ex-convicts can't vote.

 

[Sean]

Nuh-uh as some ex-convicts can't vote.

And neither can kids 17 and younger -- though a 17 year old can technically still vote in a primary if the general election occurs when he or she is 18. I voted in the Democratic Primary when I was 17 because I turned 18 by the general. But that latter point might depend on the state.

 

[franklin]

Nuh-uh as some ex-convicts can't vote.

Many can't bear arms either. That's part of the reason I chose B.

 

[tatermoog]

Remember the bigger goal of the civil war to begin with was to preserve the union and not end slavery.

Remember that the war primarily started because the South seceded from the Union, and that was all about said slavery. Among other things. But mainly that.

 

[Sean]

Remember that the war primarily started because the South seceded from the Union, and that was all about said slavery. Among other things. But mainly that.

It wasn't all about slavery. That was a good portion of it, yes, but the South also seceded due to economic and political distress. At this stage, the North dominated the Union - both economically and politically. There is a reason much of the South was less educated, less civilized and less economic successful than the North and it was because much of the policies, ranging from trade agreements to funding, handicapped the region and heavily favored the major Northern cities.

There was no major economic center in the South prior to the Civil War.

Not to take away the slavery aspect of this, though. Also, the South needs to man up, realize it lost the war and move on.