This Is Constitution Day 2019: Only 40% of Americans Can Pass A Civics Exam - Sara A. Carter: On this day 232 years ago, a universal set of values protecting our individual rights and freedoms as Americans was adopted. Our founding fathers creating the constitution as a living, breathing doctrine to ensure that the American people would never see tyranny and expansive government.
The lack of civic knowledge in American students however, is a sign we are losing sight of our founding principles. According to polling data collected by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, only four out of every ten Americans can pass a U.S. citizenship exam. I saw it firsthand at my university while taking History and philosophy courses, or so I thought. Rather, they were activism training.
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