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Could You Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test? Well, 63 Percent Of Texans Couldn't.

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CLAIRE HARBAGE / NPR

By Andrew Weber, KUT

Texans, it turns out, don't know their U.S. history. A new study from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation found 63 percent of respondents in Texas failed a quiz based on questions from the U.S. citizenship examination.

The 41,000-person survey found roughly four in 10 respondents nationally couldn't pass the 20-question test. Vermont was the only state in which a majority of respondents passed. Texas ranked 40th overall.


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