{"id":159197,"date":"2024-07-24T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=159197"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:28:41","slug":"collage-students-generally-lack-knowledge-of-american-history-and-civics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=159197","title":{"rendered":"Collage students generally lack knowledge of American History and Civics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’ve debated against individuals from among the younger generations, you may have noticed some trends. One of these trends involves a weak grasp of history and government. Specifically, American History and Civics, two of the topics that would explain the functions of government and our role related to having a representative government. In a recent polling done by College Pulse, most of the respondents were not able to answer basic questions related to American History and Civics.<\/p>\n

From Campus Reform:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“The dismal results of our survey show that current students and recent college graduates have little idea of the American past or its core principles and values, no guide to take them through the roiling controversies facing us today or to enable them to defend and protect the free institutions that are the glory of our nation and an inspiration to the world,” ACTA President Michael Poliakoff remarked.<\/p>\n

College graduates “cannot uphold what they do not comprehend,” Poliakoff concluded.<\/p>\n

The survey found that “just over one-quarter (27%) of students correctly identify Kamala Harris as the president of the Senate” and that “almost one-third of students think senators serve a four-year term.”<\/p>\n

“Just over one-third (37%) of students correctly identify John Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court,” the survey concluded, also finding that “[l]ess than one-third (31%) of students correctly identify James Madison as the Father of the Constitution.”<\/p>\n

The study also found that less than one-third of students know “that the legislative branch has the power to declare war,” only one-quarter of students know “that the 13?? Amendment freed slaves,” and less than one-third know when the U.S. Constitution was written.<\/p>\n

“More than one-third of students are not sure who the Speaker of the House of Representatives is,” the survey found. The findings also indicate that less than one-quarter of American students “know that the Gettysburg Address is the source of the phrase, ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The poll is interactive<\/a>, one trend that jumps out is that the males generally do better than the females when choosing the correct answer. On the question on what they would do if the US were invaded, most of those who lean left would leave the country.<\/p>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

McDonald, P. (2024, July 2022). New survey claims to show lack of knowledge of American History, Civics among college students. Campus Reform<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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