Part 1: Religion in America

1. Back in 1776, at the time of the Declaration of Independence, what percentage of colonial North Americans adhered to a church?
17% 39% 62% 86% Don’t know
 Only 17% of Americans were church adherents in 1776. Link here.

2. In 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected president of the United States, what percentage of US residents adhered to a church?
17% 39% 62% 86% Don’t know
 In 1980, a full 62% of Americans were church adherents. Link here.

3. Where was the first Catholic Archbishop of New York born?
Boston Poland Italy Ireland Don’t know
 The first Catholic Archbishop of New York was John Hughes, born in Ireland. Link here.

4. How often does a Pentecostal church open in New York City?
one/week one/month one/year one/decade Don’t know
 According to Tony Carnes of the Wall Street Journal, once each week. Link here.

Part 2: Education in America

5. Back in 1850, as the common school system was spreading across the United States under the inspiration of Horace Mann, what percentage of Americans were literate?
15% 32% 55% 90% Don’t know
 Americans have always been literate. The literacy rate was already at 90 percent in 1850 when the public school system was getting started. Link here.

6. What was Horace Mann´s most extravagant claim for public education related to?
literacy economic growth crime immigrants Don’t know
 If common schools were adopted Mann claimed that “nine tenths of the crimes in the penal code would become obsolete.” Link here.

7. After 170 years of public schooling in America, what percentage of adult Americans have trouble reading a bus schedule or filling out a job application form?
7% 15% 20% 37% Don’t know
 Studies show that about a fifth of American adults have difficulty in performing basic reading tasks. Link here.

8. What is the central idea in public education?
skills creativity socialization compulsion Don’t know
 The single thread that runs through the entire narrative of government schooling is control and compulsion—of other peoples´ children. Link here.

Part 3: Mutual Aid in America

9. Before the New Deal, how many working-class Americans belonged to fraternal associations?
23% 48% 55% 72% Don’t know
 In 1924, it is estimated, about 48 percent of working class men in the United States belonged to a fraternal organization. Link here.

10. Which fraternal assocation uses the symbol of three intertwined loops?
Masons Elks Moose Oddfellows Don’t know
 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is known as “The Three Link Fraternity” which stands for Friendship, Love and Truth. Link here.

11. When was the first Oddfellows lodge founded?
1787 1805 1819 1867 Don’t know
 The first lodge that became the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in 1819 in Baltimore. Link here.

12. In the spirit of the times, fraternal associations in the nineteenth century were segregated every which way. In what way were they notably not segregated?
class gender race religion Don’t know
 Rigidly segregated by gender, race, and religion, the boss and the working stiff could and did belong to the same lodge. Link here.

Part 4: Living Under Law in America

13. Who was it that wrote: “we may say that the movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract?”
John Dewey Abraham Lincoln Walter Lippmann
Henry Maine Don’t know
 It was Sir Henry Maine in Ancient Law that highlighted the importance of developing horizontal relationship in contract to replace the vertical relationship of status that obtained in face-to-face society. Link here.

14. Before the founding of the United States, there was Venice, a commercial republic. By what means was the Doge of Venice chosen?
election seize power committee inherit Don’t know
 For hundreds of years, the Doges of Venice were selected by committee. They ruled for life. Link here.

15. Why did the American farmers and miners get their living law incorporated into federal statute law?
they wrote it down they were white males they had guns
they bought Congress Don’t know
 The farmers and miners formed self-governing associations and they wrote down the by-laws that they generated to regulate their transactions in land and in minerals. Link here.

16. Why was Tammany Hall so eager to help immigrants? What did Tammany want in return?
contributions votes street fighters respect Don’t know
 Of course, Tammany wanted money, street fighters, and ward heelers. But the one thing the immigrant had that was valuable was his vote. And Tammany was the first to appreciate this fact. Link here.