U.S. Teens Struggle With History Basics
One in five American teenagers doesn’t know the answer to this grade-school history question: From what country did America declare its independence?
Of those who responded to the survey commissioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 22% did not know the answer was England. Many (14%) thought it was France.
The nationwide telephone survey of 1,020 youngsters ages 12 to 17 was conducted May 31 to June 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Nearly all those surveyed knew that Washington, is the U.S. capital and that George W. Bush is president.
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