How Ignorant Are Americans? -- NEWSWEEK

When NEWSWEEK recently asked 1,000 U.S. citizens to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent couldn’t name the vice president. Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War. Forty-four percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on a calendar.-- How Ignorant Are Americans? -- Take the Quiz: What We Don't Know - U.S. citizenship test: Why Americans can't name the original 17 colonies --- Bill of Rights