You just got a little harder to become a U.S. citizen. I don't mean they added like another

six feet to the top of the border wall or lined Ellis Island with landmines. That'd be kind of cool.

But there's a new citizenship test and this time it is harder. And I wonder, could you pass it?

Hey, everybody. I'm Steve Green with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott. This is Right Angle, brought you by the members of

Bill Whittle.com. Gentlemen, according my old education blogging buddy, Joanne Jacobs, you might

remember her name from way back when. Until now, applicants for the U.S. citizenship had to

answer six of ten questions correctly from a test bank of 100 questions before the exam. And by the way,

it's basically memorization. You know, they give you the possible answers and you just,

you got to know your stuff. Um, they might be asked to name one First Amendment right or know

the Constitution is the Supreme court, or excuse me, the Supreme law of the Land, that kind of thing, or pick

November is the month of presidential elections. Now they have to get 12 out of 20 questions,

and the test bank has been increased to 128 questions, so it's just more, you know, good old

American stuff that you have to learn. And I like this part. There are fewer one-word

answers. Let me give you an example. I pulled this one off the test, this I think was my favorite

one. It was question number 10. Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence

and the U.S. Constitution. And you have to get at least two out of these.

Equality, liberty, social contract, natural rights, limited government, or self-government.

I think these are all great things that every American should know. And Bill, I want to start

with you on this one, since you've got some real experience here. The old version included,

the previous version, who did the U.S. fight in World War II?

The new version of the test, the question is, why did the U.S. fight in World War II?

And by the way, I looked at the answers, and because those sneaky Jap bastards bomb Pearl Harbor is not one of the acceptable answers, which I thought

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