My dad finally was allowed to take the citizenship test after 23 years in America. He studied for months to make sure he’d pass. He was prepared to answer every question. They asked him to do the pledge of allegiance, who the president was, and how many states there were. That’s all. He’s a citizen now.
When I was in High School, my civics teacher gave us a citizenship test but it wouldn’t count against us, we all looked around like “Americans don’t even know these.” So huge props to immigrants passing the test and studying hard.
Bad teachers and unwilling students. It really ISN'T that hard with a typical American education if you payed attention at all. Most of yall just don't remember a damn thing that actually happened in your social studies classes.
@PastPositive I did minimum 15mn of studying of 5 months after my test was scheduled, passed first try with only one question wrong since everything I've been asked was questions and things I learned through school
I'd love to take an Australian citizenship test, I'm pretty sure all I know about their history is: - criminals? - emu war - a prime minister disappeared while swimming
The most painful thing was him just not understanding the original 13 states were as east as it gets. He didn’t know New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania were the original states followed with him saying with confidence Mississippi. What is he getting confused with?
My father did this test and it took him a year or so to study and remember everything. They told him he can’t miss a single question. He’s been a citizen for over 5 years now !
Took this test when I got my citizenship when I was 10, it was completely optional since i was 10 and spoke perfect english and was a big fan of history and helped my dad and uncle ace theirs.
@@bonfist7277 Dude, the first guy didn't know the capital of the USA. Ok if you don't know anything about America, but every government on the planet has a judicial branch.... That's just not having general knowledge. I wouldn't call that fine even if he was still in grade school. Put some work into something other than video games, like damn.
Nah they are dumb. As an Italian who knew all the answers, getting any of them wrong is shameful cause half aren't even US centric but apply to most nations. Like what does a constitution do.... Like FFS there are memes about Kamala Harris, just being on the internet gives you half the answers.
my mother became a U.S. citizen in 2011 or so. her and i *both* memorized *EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.* of the 100 questions you need to know. i helped her study at home, and whenever we drove places, she had a tape in the car with the questions and answers on it. it was intense... and they only ask you a handful, if i remember correctly.
Nice. Memorization for civics facts that don’t really matter unless you’re a political major or in that sphere. Don’t need to know how many representatives there are unless you’re trying to figure out how to win next election and which counties you can ignore and which you can’t.
@@hallowstar_3347 Or ya know, it's just good to know how your country operates? And maybe know a little bit about why we're even a country to begin with? I guess that doesn't matter though.
Lmfao i just took the test and you all need to stop. There’s no “100 questions you need to know”. They asked me who the current president was and how many states and that was it. Modern family actually got it right where gloria goes to take the test and they ask her how many stars on the flag and she’s like “the flags right behind you! I can literally cheat!”
The fact that I got most of the answers right while being a spaniard that has only stepped for a few days into american soil, makes me feel weirdly proud (and a little bit patriotic)
In middle school at the beginning of the year we got the citizenship test questions and had to memorize the answers to them by the end of the school year and do just as well as those who take the citizenship test. The vagueness of the questions always had me second guessing myself while I took it
Unironically though, I have been slacking on reviewing for my citizenship test so watching this is actually a great way for me to retain the more obscure information. Thank you Charles for helping noncitizens get their freedom badge so we can finally become football fans and backyard bbq grill owners
There's actually a second set of questions for anyone who wants to become an American Deluxe Citizen. These include: - Describe the full recipe for an All-American Beef Hot Dog - What is the maximum cargo capacity of a Ford F-150 pickup truck? - Who was the winner of the 1992 WrestleMania? - What is the minimum amount of time you should spend in a Bass Pro Shop? - Describe the firing mechanism of an ArmaLite AR-15. - Why does your vote matter? (Trick question, it doesn't)
We saw the title and my sister and I immediately went to grab our mum who officially became a U.S. citizen seven years ago and has been a resident for 20+ years, and we paused the video after each question for her to answer and she still pretty much still got all of them right lol She also loved the vid and had a good laugh from it 😂
Bruh, as someone that took the citizenship test to get nationalized, I think it’s insane that they would expect us to know something even actual Americans cannot answer wholly… Also, to answer the question about Joe, he’s known for his quote: “America as a Nation can be defined in a single word, ‘ifafootinaifafootfufifafoot’ascuseme”
As a student who took ap government and politics in freshmen year and took the exam, the questions they were asking were honestly what I wished was on the actual exam
As someone who completed their primary education in Florida this gave me so many flashbacks. Good to see Australians are well above the Florida average when it comes to US trivia.
My wife had to take the "Life in the UK" test many years ago to become a permanent resident in the UK after we got married. I would say that 60% of the test had zero relevance in living there, and 70% I didn't know myself as a Brit. I'm now about to do the reverse over here in the states lol. Will be interesting.
The UK one is absolute BS. Last time I saw it there were questions about reality TV shows. A question about Shakespeare is understandable, Monty Python would be pushing it, "Who won the X factor in 2009?" can frak right off.
@@Slavir_Nabru because its not about the actual questions. Citizenship tests exist far more to prove that you are smart and not lazy enough to study and put in the work.
4:00 communism!!!! 🤣 bro I’m dyingggggg still screaming my answers and shaking my head 🤣 love this tho. Not everyone knows especially folks not from here!
My mom can barely speak english but knows more about American history than most citizens.... I remember her studying for months off a CD of the test questions :') love u mom
My mom did this too, I’d sit in the backseat of the car early in the morning while my mom drove me to school listening to this. She never passed it, what’s ironic is I could probably pass the test but I can’t even take the test bc I’m underage.
Cool I do wonder how you know what "Most citizens" know since there are approx. 336 million of them. How many have you met and talked to? Probably not most though.
When Charlie said " Does anyone remember the pledge by heart" I paused the video, laughed and said no, then proceeded to bang out the entire fucking thing perfectly. We did the pledge every morning before we started school and I cant BELEIVE that core memory is still there! I've been out of school for 7 years now and its STILL in there.
This reminds me of helping my parents study for their citizenship test when I was neither the 4th or the 5th grade. We just so happen to be learning all these questions in history class at the time. They both passed with flying colors.
He 😂 didn't give them anything hard Like the original states/colonies (all of them w the year), what was the original flag with date, what were the last states to be added, and of course, some 😅 of my favorite trick questions 🥹🤣... is Puerto Rico a state, and when was it added. It just keeps going. They have over 300+ question but you get a few of them and the fun part is remembering the hard long answers and the tricky dates like some events actually have 2 dates however the masses only remember the memorable one. But at times, they want the first one. Fun times helping people with this. Literally, one question will can have 15 answers or more or in depth paragraph and they want them all, some verbatim or close enough to verbatim. But the easy ones usually have less answers or just one answer They'll ask you for example in one question what are the colors, what does each color represent and maybe if you're lucky the second question is name each representative of the star. If not...it's all part of the same question
The fact I knew almost all answers while being from the other side of the world is fun. Actually even motivating since I wanna change a country fairly soon and I'm still learning my options
@AkomishTiddies America is the greatest nation on earth, we are having an internal struggle at the moment, we are fighting against socialism. There is spiritual warfare going on, I won’t go too deep into it so I don’t get hammered for my political views, but we are still the greatest nation on earth. If you take the citizenship test and come her LEGALLY, you will be most welcome. We are still the land of opportunity. This may seem like a simple and crude way of putting it, but we still have federalism here, you can choose from 50 states, and depending on which way politically lean, you can choose one that suits you best! We are the predominant capitalist nation, if you prefer a more socialist country, you can look at places like Sweden and Norway! It’s all your individual choice, I just give my vote for you to move to America!
In highschool, I remember the citizenship test was required for us to graduate. I happened to take the test around the same time as my dad was taking it and I helped him study for it. He became a citizen my junior year of high school 😊
My dad is from El Salvador and has been here for over 25 years. He finally got his citizenship last year! He studied for so many years just waiting for them to tell him he can take the test.
Genuinely curious. How does that work? Does the US tolerate people being illegally there so they can abuse them to work without rights, because if they speak up they get thrown out of the country? Or how can you hide for 25 years?
While other comments think you just need to take the citizenship test to naturalize, when in fact the citizenship test is probably the easiest part of the process.
@@rk-dd5vl I thought some of them were Brits too, but one thing I know is how much Aussies hate being called Brits. Even though they're just descendants of British inmates.
I became a citizen in 2019. Studied like crazy for the civics test and had my US-born husband help me by asking me the questions (100 of them). He remarked that he didn't know some of the answers. lol. The good thing is they only ask 10 of the 100 questions and if you answer 6 correct before the end of the 10, you pass and don't have to answer the remaining few. So proud to have become a citizen of my adopted country. Thanks for the vid, Charlie.
My manager is scottish and shes been in the US for abt 30 yrs (her husband is American), and she just became a citizen 3 yrs ago tho. She said when she was sworn in there was an Indian man there and when they did the pledge of allegiance he was balling crying. Even she was emotional about it. It’s a hard specially when English isnt ur first language (it wasnt the case for her obviously but u get my point) but she said she would do it again. She was so proud.
@@Nate-cu4vl he might not have even been born when it happended haha, beleive it or not most australians dotn really care about shit in america unless its a school shooting.
I remember when my grandpa applied for burgerland citizenship and he noted he had a perfect score, during the 1950s. He was subsequently interrogated because they thought only russians would get perfect scores due to spying, but then let go because they believed he was actually drunk. Bless the Irish
@@AwesomEthan That's true, I'll agree with it being perhaps more of a Cold War thing. The Cold War was also mighty silly. Communism or even socialism has always terrified many Americans, even folks in labor unions and co-ops.
I don't know if it's a Wisconsin wide thing, but in my high school we had to pass the citizenship test (we called it the civics exam) to be able to graduate. We took it in the beginning of the term for the American Citizenship class we all had to take. Then it was taken halfway through the term and at the end of the term. You had to get an 80% to pass and I sadly know people who had to retake the class because they couldn't pass that test. The class wasn't entirely about the stuff on the test, but we learned about stuff like the different government programs like the EPA and such. We learned about the big supreme court cases that added amendments to the constitution and changed America. We actually had to make videos in small groups after researching one and show what happened in it. My friends and I did a video on Gobitis Vs the Minersville school district, we agreed that if I didn't have to appear on camera I'd do all the filming, editing, and voice overs. I ended up making the video Law and Order themed, and inspired a different friend (who worked alone) to do a Phoenix Wright themed video for his. I'm really curious if any other schools had to take the citizenship test to graduate. I don't remember what my final score was on my civics exam, but I know it was higher than 85 or something and all my high school transcript says is that I passed. Edit: I did have a coworker who took the actual US citizenship test and she said she had to study all the questions and was only asked 10 random ones.
Fellow Midwesterner! Hell yeah. I grew up in North Dakota and we didn't have to do a citizenship test to graduate. I heard more about the citizenship test as an adult than a kid (but granted I've been out of high school for over 15 years so... it's been a hot minute)
@@nono-im7jo Yes, every morning of every schoolday everyone stands up, looks towards an american flag in the room, puts their hand on their heart and says the pledge of allegiance. Then they sit down without speaking (mostly) for 10-20 seconds
I've always appreciated July 3 more--its the anniversary of Washington take command of the Continental Army in 1775, and the victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War
Throughout Elementary and Middle school, we did the Pledge every morning, good god that thing is ingraned into my brain like a hot iron press. It's been a while and I sung along with Charlie without even trying. I helped my mom practice in a manner similar to this, me and my big brother. This was an awesome to see.
@@frosthammer917as an American it's extremely stupid and annoying LMAO. Hence why they took it out of school and why a lot of people don't partake in it at sport events and whatnot.
Lol my mom said when she became a citizen they asked her 3 easy questions. She spent over a year listening to Audio Tapes trying to learn everything she needed to know.
Your mom worked harder to be an American than an actual American does memorizing any basic info about their own country, and probably answered "easy" questions that the average American would only get 1 or 2 of them correct. source: I am an American who remembers only the bare minimum of American history, but personally I blame the government not paying k-12 schools and teachers enough, it really harms the desire to learn if the learning process itself sucks from the start
@@pooh6286 I'm not hating on americans, I'm hating on the underfunded school systems that failed them, you clearly didn't read my comment all the way through
Bruh, I helped my mother study for the test (I was born here so I didn't have to do that) and holy shit it was tough *EDIT* context, it was when I was 12, and for those who failed math, over a decade ago
It's funny because it's hard for us British to get citizenship there and think you've done it on purpose. Crazy the amount of people who don't have to do this test at all though.
It cracks me up that in both this video and his "US Education has Failed Me" video Charlie is asked who the president was in WWI and both times he says Eisenhower and then Roosevelt 😂
In elementary School we had a janitor who was working on his US citizenship test, when he passed the entire School made art and posters and decorated the hallways lining the doorways and hallways cheering him on as he came in for work.
I’m glad Charlie is finally becoming an American citizen. He’s been Floridian for too long.
He's finally safe. Crackheads won't fall through the ceiling onto his table anymore. God bless
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
@@brandon9172💀
Being Floridian is a nature. It’s ingrained in the innermost psyche, you can’t un-become it
Not sure how he got over the wall, but we've released the hounds...they'll find his scent soon.
"What is Joe Biden famous for saying" - "gibberish" really hit me unprepared. Give that man his citizenship already, he deserves it
hes a citizen in our hearts, if not legally
I don’t care what any gov document says, he’s one of us
Well to be fair that answer would apply to all Americans so he couldn't miss.
Joe biden needs a home
He’s famous for saying swears into a hot mic during his time as vice president, I didn’t know a non-snarky answer to that one lmao
My dad finally was allowed to take the citizenship test after 23 years in America. He studied for months to make sure he’d pass. He was prepared to answer every question. They asked him to do the pledge of allegiance, who the president was, and how many states there were. That’s all. He’s a citizen now.
Did they also ask him to tell them how many raccoons can fit in a humans anus?
@@the-zuder_clicker 1 raccoon
@@orangenostril 2 actually
@@the-zuder_clicker 3 if you're really gunning for a pb
@@the-zuder_clicker if you try to fit babies 4 easily
This is foreshadowing to the immigration arc
When I was in High School, my civics teacher gave us a citizenship test but it wouldn’t count against us, we all looked around like “Americans don’t even know these.” So huge props to immigrants passing the test and studying hard.
That's because the government doesn't want you to know a lot of things about your history because once you know, their power becomes minescule.
Probably just bad teacher
We definitely do. 90% of the history we learn is about the US, that’s the problem with our history courses.
Bad teachers and unwilling students. It really ISN'T that hard with a typical American education if you payed attention at all. Most of yall just don't remember a damn thing that actually happened in your social studies classes.
@PastPositive I did minimum 15mn of studying of 5 months after my test was scheduled, passed first try with only one question wrong since everything I've been asked was questions and things I learned through school
I'd love to take an Australian citizenship test, I'm pretty sure all I know about their history is:
- criminals?
- emu war
- a prime minister disappeared while swimming
(Also that Aboriginal Australians are the oldest continuous civilization on the planet but idk if that would be on the test)
Also a prime minister ABSOLUTELY DID NOT shit himself in a McDonald's
emu war is australia
Not that it matters but fun fact the criminals thing is mostly a myth
@@evanfike5893 You really need to brush up on your reading skill....
Charlie trying to name 13 colonies was like watching a very early AI try to answer a question
Not knowing that Washington state and Washington DC were not the same location was painful
@@WakeMeWhenItsOver well he did know he just assumed DC was one of the first
@@WakeMeWhenItsOver honestly all I do to remember is just think "ok.. east coast, rocky mountains, bbq.. alright got it"
@@beelzebub7221 east coast doesn’t have Rocky Mountains, boy I wish we did tho
This video probably why your team can’t get a visa they mad at you Charlie
The way Charlie tries so hard to lead Draugr to "slavery" and he just can't quite get there is so good
"The whole nation was doing something that wasnt very nice" well isnt that an understatement lol
Tbf, the Civil War was about states' rights
To slavery
@@warlordofbritanniaoh thank god I started freaking out when I first read that
@@mischasella8917 Checkmate, Davisites(?)
@@mischasella8917it WASN’T about slavery, though.
They require the non US citizen to know much more about the country, than a US born citizen will know for all of their life.
It's called privilege. Appreciate it 👍
most of the questions are 9th grade knowledge
@@VitratedEh, the Supreme law of the land one confused me, since I was thinking it was a saying and not just the Constitution.
@@Departedreflections I'm all for it, it's just funny, that most foreigners know more about the country, than the natural born citizens.
Bro these ppl r just oblivious these r like 8th to 9th grade questions
this aged well
Why?
My mom who is from Mexico is now a citizen and now knows more about the u.s than any American I've ever met
Charlie not remembering that each state gets two US senators was absolutely painful
Give him some slack, he’s from Florida 😂
Bro he said Washington was an original colony
a lot of americans aren't good at this man
@@pumpkinsock3429and was absolutely baffled he was wrong
The most painful thing was him just not understanding the original 13 states were as east as it gets. He didn’t know New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania were the original states followed with him saying with confidence Mississippi. What is he getting confused with?
My father did this test and it took him a year or so to study and remember everything. They told him he can’t miss a single question. He’s been a citizen for over 5 years now !
That’s not quite true. You have to get 12/20 correct from a possible 100 questions.
@@ir1041 So "They told him he can’t miss a single question." means you have to attempt each question, not "you have to get every answer correct"?
@@Death-999 no. the test issuer was probably racist.
@@Death-999 they probably meant the 2nd one but were corrupt & lying
@@orang1921 No.
Took this test when I got my citizenship when I was 10, it was completely optional since i was 10 and spoke perfect english and was a big fan of history and helped my dad and uncle ace theirs.
15:40
This was the Louisiana purchase, not just what is now Louisiana. It was practically every west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies
I'm a Brit but as soon as he said Louisiana, I was like ''oh that's what the Louisiana purchase was''
I love how Charlie doesn't make his friends feel stupid. People are too quick to do that, especially in front of an audiences
And they are Australians who didn’t study for this. People like to pretend it’s hard.
@@bonfist7277 Dude, the first guy didn't know the capital of the USA. Ok if you don't know anything about America, but every government on the planet has a judicial branch.... That's just not having general knowledge. I wouldn't call that fine even if he was still in grade school. Put some work into something other than video games, like damn.
He did say "are you stupid?"
Nah they are dumb. As an Italian who knew all the answers, getting any of them wrong is shameful cause half aren't even US centric but apply to most nations. Like what does a constitution do.... Like FFS there are memes about Kamala Harris, just being on the internet gives you half the answers.
@@gileee not every country calls it a "branch", for example in my country it's called "judicial power"
my mother became a U.S. citizen in 2011 or so. her and i *both* memorized *EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.* of the 100 questions you need to know. i helped her study at home, and whenever we drove places, she had a tape in the car with the questions and answers on it. it was intense... and they only ask you a handful, if i remember correctly.
Nice. Memorization for civics facts that don’t really matter unless you’re a political major or in that sphere.
Don’t need to know how many representatives there are unless you’re trying to figure out how to win next election and which counties you can ignore and which you can’t.
@@hallowstar_3347 Or ya know, it's just good to know how your country operates? And maybe know a little bit about why we're even a country to begin with? I guess that doesn't matter though.
Lmfao i just took the test and you all need to stop. There’s no “100 questions you need to know”. They asked me who the current president was and how many states and that was it. Modern family actually got it right where gloria goes to take the test and they ask her how many stars on the flag and she’s like “the flags right behind you! I can literally cheat!”
They ask 10 and you have to answer 6 correctly I believe.
@@deadshotruby6667They’re doing a pretty piss poor job at operating it.
as a history nerd this hurt to watch
theyre not even american
@@kenichi8238Charlie is and it was painful to watch him. Knowing that he's a really smart guy and has a degree just made it worse.
@@Guerita72is he a really smart guy?
I just realized this is the video that prob made the Immigrations agent deny the Moist e sports team.
Charlie helping these lads become American citizens is truly inspiring. Truly a Fourth of July to remember.
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
@@p-__prove it
My favorite part of the Constitution is when George Washington said "it's washing time" and then he washed all over the place.
non-centrally governed gguwwesh politics
@@kokka8778epic take
The fact that I got most of the answers right while being a spaniard that has only stepped for a few days into american soil, makes me feel weirdly proud (and a little bit patriotic)
Congratulations Patriot, you will receive your stars and stripes tanktop and government mandated bald eagle in the mail shortly
Happy fourth of July brother you truly are American now
Let's not forget our guys free M1911 and hotdog.
Lo siento pero eres de los estados ahora 🤷
Congrats you're American now! Take a complimentary firearm and American flags to put in the back of your Ford F150
Watching this after taking the US Gov AP exam makes me feel like a genius.
Shoulda just pulled this video up for the TSA agent
"You can phone an American" one of Charlie's greatest quotes he just said
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
I bet it’ll be on the test once he becomes President
Charlie becoming a US citizen is the greatest thing i've seen today.
i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
@@Susnation532👉🗣️🗣️🗣️💀💀💀💀🔛👇
He is literally Native American, that's as American as you can get.
@@xX-Camila-Xx bro forgot to turn off his tech
B o t s
Mat's lil hat ;-; lmaoo and Charles' face of defeat when getting his answers wrong
In middle school at the beginning of the year we got the citizenship test questions and had to memorize the answers to them by the end of the school year and do just as well as those who take the citizenship test. The vagueness of the questions always had me second guessing myself while I took it
Unironically though, I have been slacking on reviewing for my citizenship test so watching this is actually a great way for me to retain the more obscure information. Thank you Charles for helping noncitizens get their freedom badge so we can finally become football fans and backyard bbq grill owners
good luck on your citizenship test!
@@cherrybramble thank you!
Wishing you the best, please vote Conservative because the Democrat lunatics are destroying our Constitutional Republic.
Good luck wishing you the best in becoming a fellow what the fuck is a kilometeran
You got this bro, about a year ago I got mine. Good luck hope to have you as my fellow bbq grill owner o7.
There's actually a second set of questions for anyone who wants to become an American Deluxe Citizen. These include:
- Describe the full recipe for an All-American Beef Hot Dog
- What is the maximum cargo capacity of a Ford F-150 pickup truck?
- Who was the winner of the 1992 WrestleMania?
- What is the minimum amount of time you should spend in a Bass Pro Shop?
- Describe the firing mechanism of an ArmaLite AR-15.
- Why does your vote matter? (Trick question, it doesn't)
“ArmaLite ArmaLite-15”
@@jeffnorsegod8080
Just like the fr*nchies.
They got the Fabrique Nationale FNC (Fabrique Nationale Carbine)
@@homieslayer1807 That's Belgian
Well that’s impossible because no one knows what’s actually in an all beef hot dog.
Actually, "Armalite Armalite Rifle" the r stands for rifle
13:33 the preamble schoolhouse song smacks. I got that shit locked in
My teacher had us take a Mock Citizenship Test to see if we could do it. I was proud to get a 95%.
We saw the title and my sister and I immediately went to grab our mum who officially became a U.S. citizen seven years ago and has been a resident for 20+ years, and we paused the video after each question for her to answer and she still pretty much still got all of them right lol
She also loved the vid and had a good laugh from it 😂
This is so wholesome i love it
Did she know Joe Biden's favourite snack?
Cool.
Bruh, as someone that took the citizenship test to get nationalized, I think it’s insane that they would expect us to know something even actual Americans cannot answer wholly…
Also, to answer the question about Joe, he’s known for his quote:
“America as a Nation can be defined in a single word, ‘ifafootinaifafootfufifafoot’ascuseme”
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
SODA!!
“Poor kids are just as smart and capable as white kids” - joe biden
corn pop
all those guys were not americans lol, they were Australian
As a student who took ap government and politics in freshmen year and took the exam, the questions they were asking were honestly what I wished was on the actual exam
As someone who completed their primary education in Florida this gave me so many flashbacks. Good to see Australians are well above the Florida average when it comes to US trivia.
My wife had to take the "Life in the UK" test many years ago to become a permanent resident in the UK after we got married. I would say that 60% of the test had zero relevance in living there, and 70% I didn't know myself as a Brit. I'm now about to do the reverse over here in the states lol. Will be interesting.
The UK one is absolute BS.
Last time I saw it there were questions about reality TV shows. A question about Shakespeare is understandable, Monty Python would be pushing it, "Who won the X factor in 2009?" can frak right off.
@@Slavir_Nabru lol, what? Are you serious!?!? LOL. That's insane. I don't even watch that trash. That's Daily Mail level stuff lol.
@@Slavir_NabruNaaaaah💀
@@matthewwain9958 That sounds a bit unbelievable to me. You said you looked at the test... did you see any questions about reality television?
@@Slavir_Nabru because its not about the actual questions. Citizenship tests exist far more to prove that you are smart and not lazy enough to study and put in the work.
So glad he became an American citizen
i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
Becoming an American would be my greatest nightmare.
@@Zondels it ain’t that bad here
@Susnation532"why you should play among us in 2023"
@@Laughisty'lets cut to chases' video I quote you "Can we appreciate how much Charlie puts into these videos? ❤️"
4:00 communism!!!! 🤣 bro I’m dyingggggg still screaming my answers and shaking my head 🤣 love this tho. Not everyone knows especially folks not from here!
This video has become very real
My mom can barely speak english but knows more about American history than most citizens.... I remember her studying for months off a CD of the test questions :') love u mom
hey i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
Yes I bet most immigrants knows more about North America than North Americans lol
My mom did this too, I’d sit in the backseat of the car early in the morning while my mom drove me to school listening to this. She never passed it, what’s ironic is I could probably pass the test but I can’t even take the test bc I’m underage.
@@Braxnz Bruh what language is the constitution and all the laws in the U.S written in?
Cool I do wonder how you know what "Most citizens" know since there are approx. 336 million of them. How many have you met and talked to? Probably not most though.
Charlie’s editor deserves an oscar
i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
@@Laughistyfs
@Susnation532 bro that’s your opinion and nobody cares about ur opinion
@@Laughistybro your last comment on Charlie's channel was "can we appreciate how much penguinz0 puts into his videos?❤" shut up
@@Laughistybro is a bot edit: bro supports sydiced
When Charlie said " Does anyone remember the pledge by heart" I paused the video, laughed and said no, then proceeded to bang out the entire fucking thing perfectly. We did the pledge every morning before we started school and I cant BELEIVE that core memory is still there! I've been out of school for 7 years now and its STILL in there.
Yeah, same. I was cool with it as a kid. But now I realize doing that in school is rather odd.
Reciting the pledge is bringing me back to me schoolboy days
It's simultaneously embarrassing some of the answers that Charlie didn't know, but also super impressive that he got others
I just think he was nervous /under pressure like others. And obviously didn't study prior to.
That Washington state + "no way the colonies were that far east" bit though.....Charles please 💀
Why embarrassing? Who actually cares for these questions
@@Xiao-ls6xrI mean saying “how could new york be one of the original colonies” is pretty embarrassing
@@Xiao-ls6xr Most of them are literally Elementary School level questions. I'd be embarrassed if you couldn't answer what 2+2 is as well.
My dad recently took this test and he is now a legal U.S. citizen. So proud of him, lol.
A true patriot
If you’re proud of him why are you laughing?
🇺🇲👋🥳👍🦅
@@stevendemayo3631lots of love 🥰🥰
My years of being drilled American history from elementary till high school came in clutch. Bless Crash Course in AP NSL too.
That second dude was on another planet that whole test
This reminds me of helping my parents study for their citizenship test when I was neither the 4th or the 5th grade. We just so happen to be learning all these questions in history class at the time. They both passed with flying colors.
Same!
People act like it’s hard. Very few of these were even a challenge.
@bonfist7277 considering that we score far below the average ranks in the world, yes, it's pretty hard for most people here
@@bonfist7277 He didn't really whip out the harder ones, tbf.
It wouldn't be very funny or entertaining if nobody could answer a single one.
He 😂 didn't give them anything hard
Like the original states/colonies (all of them w the year), what was the original flag with date, what were the last states to be added, and of course, some 😅 of my favorite trick questions 🥹🤣... is Puerto Rico a state, and when was it added. It just keeps going. They have over 300+ question but you get a few of them and the fun part is remembering the hard long answers and the tricky dates like some events actually have 2 dates however the masses only remember the memorable one. But at times, they want the first one. Fun times helping people with this. Literally, one question will can have 15 answers or more or in depth paragraph and they want them all, some verbatim or close enough to verbatim. But the easy ones usually have less answers or just one answer
They'll ask you for example in one question what are the colors, what does each color represent and maybe if you're lucky the second question is name each representative of the star. If not...it's all part of the same question
8:51 i was so ready for him to say “have a dream”
how do they not know this, I had most of these in school even here in Germany
Kinda wholesome how Charlie pats them on the back when his friends get the questions correct.
Glad to see Charlie branching out more from his normal internet-drama related stuff, more comedy/slice of life style content is interesting.
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
what is slice of life?
@@Bando710_it's a slice of life
@@Bando710_casual, down to Earth stuff...often wholesome but that's not a requirement
@@arsena5209 thats actually a good way to put it😭
I remember helping my dad study for the citizenship test a few years ago! There’s a lot of potential questions you gotta memorize
about a hundred or so possible questions last i checked
Learn, not memorize
@@Cinder-no its memorize lmao. Its the same as studying for hs us history finals
@@Cinder- memorize is more fun to say tho
Hits different now
5:10 for some reason I thought September 11th AND THEN i remembered it was july 4th
The fact I knew almost all answers while being from the other side of the world is fun. Actually even motivating since I wanna change a country fairly soon and I'm still learning my options
@AkomishTiddies America is the greatest nation on earth, we are having an internal struggle at the moment, we are fighting against socialism. There is spiritual warfare going on, I won’t go too deep into it so I don’t get hammered for my political views, but we are still the greatest nation on earth. If you take the citizenship test and come her LEGALLY, you will be most welcome. We are still the land of opportunity. This may seem like a simple and crude way of putting it, but we still have federalism here, you can choose from 50 states, and depending on which way politically lean, you can choose one that suits you best! We are the predominant capitalist nation, if you prefer a more socialist country, you can look at places like Sweden and Norway! It’s all your individual choice, I just give my vote for you to move to America!
go to europe instead
Seriously. Don’t come here. You’ll wanna escape but you can. Choose Canada. They at least have universal healthcare
Please do not go to Canada or Europe, they are just worse versions of America.
@@ThisGuy1219no not Canada unless you’re okay with having the government controlling everything you do
In highschool, I remember the citizenship test was required for us to graduate. I happened to take the test around the same time as my dad was taking it and I helped him study for it. He became a citizen my junior year of high school 😊
This is so wholesome 🇺🇲
That’s dope man
thats pretty cool though. they made us do it in 8th grade and was a huge part of our grade to pass middle school
As someone who took AP gov and failed, this is absolutely painful
Charlie looked so confused and so scared
Charlie pretending he doesnt know the answers to make the other guys feel better about not knowing. True friend
My dad is from El Salvador and has been here for over 25 years. He finally got his citizenship last year! He studied for so many years just waiting for them to tell him he can take the test.
Genuinely curious. How does that work? Does the US tolerate people being illegally there so they can abuse them to work without rights, because if they speak up they get thrown out of the country? Or how can you hide for 25 years?
*suddenly realizing why people keep saying the immigration process in America needs to change, the comment*
While other comments think you just need to take the citizenship test to naturalize, when in fact the citizenship test is probably the easiest part of the process.
“He didn’t even need the hint on that one!”
He says as he gave him 5 hints before that…
I had a prophecy and deja vu of you making this youtube video and the whole dream drama
I didn’t realize they were Australian at first and I lost a lot of hope for my fellow Americans 😂
You can physically see the lack of anything in wxltzys head in particular 😂
That makes so much sense. I thought they were all Americans and was so shocked they couldn't answer lmao
me too! and then i thought they were british but it made more sense they were austrailian in that one couldn't name an ocean
@@lorenw1428bro i was having a mental breakdown in my seat LMAO
@@rk-dd5vl I thought some of them were Brits too, but one thing I know is how much Aussies hate being called Brits. Even though they're just descendants of British inmates.
I became a citizen in 2019. Studied like crazy for the civics test and had my US-born husband help me by asking me the questions (100 of them). He remarked that he didn't know some of the answers. lol. The good thing is they only ask 10 of the 100 questions and if you answer 6 correct before the end of the 10, you pass and don't have to answer the remaining few. So proud to have become a citizen of my adopted country. Thanks for the vid, Charlie.
Don't they give you citizenship if you marry a US citizen?
@@Newport20 Green card, still have to take the test to become citizen after 3 years
@@zhaagqt ohh ok. I didn't know that, thank you
I’m not surprised because these questions are 7th grade level
@@Berry47867Maybe to someone born in America, but it isn't as obvious to someone who isn't originally American.
Outside of some of the date specific ones, I'm proud I got most of those right.
so this is what not paying attention looks like
My manager is scottish and shes been in the US for abt 30 yrs (her husband is American), and she just became a citizen 3 yrs ago tho. She said when she was sworn in there was an Indian man there and when they did the pledge of allegiance he was balling crying. Even she was emotional about it. It’s a hard specially when English isnt ur first language (it wasnt the case for her obviously but u get my point) but she said she would do it again. She was so proud.
Merica fuck yeah
@@morgannull4685its hard to imagine a fucked up country like the US is still better than some other countries, buts unfortunately true
@@morgannull4685 because you don't realise how good you have it until you live in somewhere like Venezuela or Turkmenistan
@@Toothydeereor Pakistan
@@littleregrets8810 I give my life for Pakistan
17:05 the cut from matt to charlie in full patriotic gear is crazy
charlie is so confident behind the piece of paper
I didn't realize I needed to hear Charlie cover School House Rock until now.
As an American, there's never been a more funny interpretation of what 9/11 was
The slide whistle noise came to mind 😂 like America done goofed
He didn’t know what September 11th 2001 was until Charlie said 9/11 lol
@@Nate-cu4vl he might not have even been born when it happended haha, beleive it or not most australians dotn really care about shit in america unless its a school shooting.
@Kalashboy420 that's only because you gotta cope about your guns getting taken
@@Kalashboy420You lost a war to emus tho
I remember when my grandpa applied for burgerland citizenship and he noted he had a perfect score, during the 1950s.
He was subsequently interrogated because they thought only russians would get perfect scores due to spying, but then let go because they believed he was actually drunk. Bless the Irish
🍔land sounds cool
that's so absurd that it's got to be true lol. The Red Scare in the 50s was such a silly, stupid thing, omg
@@KrranskiRussians were also paranoid lol, not really that surprising when both powers have the capability of ending the world
@@KrranskiI think this is more cold War paranoia rather then the red scare, that was more late 1910s/1920s
@@AwesomEthan That's true, I'll agree with it being perhaps more of a Cold War thing. The Cold War was also mighty silly. Communism or even socialism has always terrified many Americans, even folks in labor unions and co-ops.
really enjoyed that video
I don't know if it's a Wisconsin wide thing, but in my high school we had to pass the citizenship test (we called it the civics exam) to be able to graduate. We took it in the beginning of the term for the American Citizenship class we all had to take. Then it was taken halfway through the term and at the end of the term. You had to get an 80% to pass and I sadly know people who had to retake the class because they couldn't pass that test. The class wasn't entirely about the stuff on the test, but we learned about stuff like the different government programs like the EPA and such. We learned about the big supreme court cases that added amendments to the constitution and changed America. We actually had to make videos in small groups after researching one and show what happened in it. My friends and I did a video on Gobitis Vs the Minersville school district, we agreed that if I didn't have to appear on camera I'd do all the filming, editing, and voice overs. I ended up making the video Law and Order themed, and inspired a different friend (who worked alone) to do a Phoenix Wright themed video for his.
I'm really curious if any other schools had to take the citizenship test to graduate.
I don't remember what my final score was on my civics exam, but I know it was higher than 85 or something and all my high school transcript says is that I passed.
Edit: I did have a coworker who took the actual US citizenship test and she said she had to study all the questions and was only asked 10 random ones.
Fellow Midwesterner! Hell yeah. I grew up in North Dakota and we didn't have to do a citizenship test to graduate. I heard more about the citizenship test as an adult than a kid (but granted I've been out of high school for over 15 years so... it's been a hot minute)
I love how EVERYONE says the pledge of allegiance with the exact same inflections and cadence lol school really drilled that into our brains
It's so the kindergarteners can take huge breaths in between verses
@@flygirl6048and smokers.
@@flygirl6048the us government makes kindergartners say that wtf?
is it real that they make you say it in school
@@nono-im7jo Yes, every morning of every schoolday everyone stands up, looks towards an american flag in the room, puts their hand on their heart and says the pledge of allegiance. Then they sit down without speaking (mostly) for 10-20 seconds
12:58 never thought I’d see a group of people clap somebody recreating 9/11 with their hands 😂😂
More of these pls
Charlie saying Eisenhower with full confidence on the WW1 question sent me into orbit 💀
Charlie is proof that school house rock is a crucial part of the American education system
Must've been a power move to do the US Citizenship test on the 4th of July. In fact, I'd argue the best time to do it IS on the 4th of July
hello i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
@@Laughistyyour life has no purpose
i think thats like the whole point of the video
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
I've always appreciated July 3 more--its the anniversary of Washington take command of the Continental Army in 1775, and the victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War
“anything Little Debbie” was very funny
Children was the correct answer.
As a canadian, most historical and geographical questions were easy but the political ones were more tricky for sure.
Throughout Elementary and Middle school, we did the Pledge every morning, good god that thing is ingraned into my brain like a hot iron press. It's been a while and I sung along with Charlie without even trying. I helped my mom practice in a manner similar to this, me and my big brother. This was an awesome to see.
Like no judgement but to a non-american the Pledge of Alliance thing is so wacky and off-putting. Just feels weird.
@@frosthammer917 nah, some judgement. it's very cringy and the fact that some people take it so seriously is even more cringy.
@@x_x_6__it’s not cringe to love your country. 💀
@cheddarsunchipsyes8144 it is to make children do it every morning at school though.
@@frosthammer917as an American it's extremely stupid and annoying LMAO. Hence why they took it out of school and why a lot of people don't partake in it at sport events and whatnot.
“Didn’t even need the hint” after giving him four 😂
17:04 - Best transition shot ever.
I loved this so much! Now, let’s flip the script and do an Australian citizenship test for the American crew members!
The australian citizenship test is just to survive a boxing match with a kangaroo for 2 minutes
question #1, why were the founding fathers in Australia from the start?
Lol my mom said when she became a citizen they asked her 3 easy questions. She spent over a year listening to Audio Tapes trying to learn everything she needed to know.
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
Your mom worked harder to be an American than an actual American does memorizing any basic info about their own country, and probably answered "easy" questions that the average American would only get 1 or 2 of them correct.
source: I am an American who remembers only the bare minimum of American history, but personally I blame the government not paying k-12 schools and teachers enough, it really harms the desire to learn if the learning process itself sucks from the start
@@pooh6286 I'm not hating on americans, I'm hating on the underfunded school systems that failed them, you clearly didn't read my comment all the way through
@@pooh6286who cares if they ran
@@AMan-xz7txI learned All that by 5th grade problem is the teachers now to busy teaching lgbt instead of ABCs
I helped my parents study for the test and it was tough , but they passed so YAY
hey but i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
It wasn’t tough
holy fuck i red "but they passed AWAY"
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
I took an online version of the test in 27 minutes and 19 seconds and got 118/133 points (88.72%). It was not even remotely difficult.
I felt like i was getting kicked in the balls with every question, great video
My grandmother who passed in 2020 took the test in like 2015. She did not know any English. RIP Mami Toña
Bruh, I helped my mother study for the test (I was born here so I didn't have to do that) and holy shit it was tough
*EDIT* context, it was when I was 12, and for those who failed math, over a decade ago
i make better content then Penguinz0 on my playlist
had the same experience but i wasn’t born here. my dad was already a citizen so i was born with citizenship
It's funny because it's hard for us British to get citizenship there and think you've done it on purpose. Crazy the amount of people who don't have to do this test at all though.
Brother, I never been in US and know every answer.
IM SHITTING
I'm surprised Charlie didn't immediately follow "who wrote the declaration of independence" with " who STOLE the declaration of independence"
That would have been excellent
Nicolas Cage
@@HunterStiles651the one true God
It cracks me up that in both this video and his "US Education has Failed Me" video Charlie is asked who the president was in WWI and both times he says Eisenhower and then Roosevelt 😂
I can't believe Charlie knew word for word the introduction of the 13 Colonies song, yet, couldn't name a single one.
So proud of Charlie for earning his citizenship the RIGHT way!
my farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨
True
wtf is thiiiiis
What is greater, to be born 'Merican or to achieve 'Mericanism?
Why did I read this comment with the heaviest of southern accents? 😂😂😂
In elementary School we had a janitor who was working on his US citizenship test, when he passed the entire School made art and posters and decorated the hallways lining the doorways and hallways cheering him on as he came in for work.
And then everyone clapped.
He musta been so happy to clean that up.
@@npc2153 they gave him the day off when he came in haha. They only let him come into work to have us celebrate.
Oh that's the best place to learn for that
@@npc2153beat me to it 😂
The fact that I’m Canadian and could answer every one of these questions off the top of my head is mind boggling
Very fun segment