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75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name the First President of the U.S.

Posted: Sep 16, 2009 10:17 AM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY - Only one in four public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm, Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

Students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S. citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on their first try, according to immigration service data.

However, Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Question Answer % of Students Who Answered Correctly

What is the supreme law of the land? The Constitution 28

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? The Bill of Rights 26

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? The House and the Senate 27

How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? Nine 10

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson 14

What ocean is on the east coast of the United States? Atlantic 61

What are the two major political parities in the United States? Democrat and Republican 43

We elect a U.S. senator for how many years? Six 11

Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington 23

Who is in charge of the executive branch? The President 29

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp ... NPoll87553

Thats because LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES have control of our Education system and are teaching kids different things, like how to be ashamed of themselves and of their country...

More like Liberal Regressives, me thinks.