How Stupid are American college students?

[pops]

and as a factoid A black man held the first office for 3 week till George could take the oath under the new constitution,

 

[FMA4ME]

Whooooooe whoe whoe!!.... Hold on right there pops!!!











I'm not 40

 

[pops]

soon to be 55 here, Christmas baby, my parents tried to screw as best they could. named me Gregory Peck, and had me on Christmas whats up with that!!

 

[jclyde13]

over 40 here. all should know this but here is a list.

For what reason/purpose? Something tells me, the answer I get from this question will be completely subjective...

I definitely see the purpose for average people to at least have basic knowledge of US history and politics, but when it comes down to trivia, I see no necessity for it.

 

[jclyde13]

and as a factoid A black man held the first office for 3 week till George could take the oath under the new constitution,

I had to Google that, but this is what I found.

Wrong-o! From the Encyclopaedia Britannica on line

Hanson, John
b. April 13, 1721, Charles County, Md.
d. Nov. 22, 1783, Oxon Hill, Md., U.S.

American Revolutionary leader and president under the U.S. Articles of Confederation.

A member of the Maryland Assembly (1757-79), he represented Maryland in the
Continental Congress (1780-82). On Nov. 5, 1781, he was elected by the Continental
Congress "President of the United States in Congress Assembled," an office he held
for one year. He is sometimes referred to as "the first president of the United States,"
but he was a congressional presiding officer and had none of the powers of the
president under the Constitution.

So, if you define a president by his powers, Hanson was not President, any more than the presiding officer of the Senate, also called "Mr. President", is the President of the United States. He was the President of that body only.
What you quote doesn't give any evidence that Hanson was "a Moor" or black in any way. http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html
says he was of Swedish descent.
http://illuminopolis.hypermart.net/jhanson.html
analyses the idea that he may have been black. It's apparently based on a dageurrotype which was mislabeled with his name. Of course, the Hanson in question died before the birth of Louis Daguerre, so could never had had a daguerrotype made.

Somebody didn't consider their facts too carefully when making the claim that he was black.

Quoted from the second reply on this page: http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=102;t=000023;p=0

 

[Pyramid_Party]

You can go to any country and find ignorant people like this. One thing to consider, not everyone gives a damn about politics.

 

[FMA4ME]

How profound, who would guess??

 

[Pyramid_Party]

So what? You still have a rather large handful of people who know **** all about the world yet are allowed into college..

Same applies in your country, so what is your point? Ignorant much?

 

[FMA4ME]

PP, you need to stop with the insults.