Can You Answer These 8th Grade History Questions From 1908?
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After taking the quiz, do you think you would have been admitted to high school in 1908?
The following questions are some of those given to Minnesota 8th grade students on a 1908 exam. The exam was prepared by the State High School Board and is described as the "principal examination for admission to the state high schools of Minnesota."
What are your thoughts on this subject?
261 Comments
Myrna Olson
Should have read, American History! I am Canadian and got 6/9! (2 were guesses)
Joy Holbrook
Berkley Folks, the short answer to that, is’No’. And they get very uppity if you suggest there is.
Berkley Folks
Does American curricula acknowledge the existence of the world beyond its borders?
Jetty Newnham
8/9. Not bad for a Brit
Gary Chadwick
4/9 Not good. Saw it was 8th grade history and wondered where, UK, Europe, Aust, Canada, USA? Knew it would be the USA! I'm not.
Peggy Layton
I'm English and got 5 .
Yvonne Whysall
Only 3 but I’m not American
Emm Yo
I'm not going to bother as I am Canadian.
Emm Yo
I'm not American so I didn't finish.
skclary
6/9! Good quiz and answers appreciated! Learned from it!
Allison Aspden
4/8. I have a lot to learn about American history.
mikeyparry
4 / 9. Not bad considering that I have never studied American history! I am English!
Pat Wells
8/9 Remember from history class. Didn't enjoy history while I was in school but can't get enough of it now.
lls
5...oh, boy, I have forgotten a lot!
Myrna Forshaw
3/9 almost there. English/Canadian.