Taking an 8th grade graduation test from 1895 (Patreon)

Taking an 8th Grade Graduation Test from 1895

Mr. Beat takes an 8th grade graduation test from 1895. Well, supposedly. This test has been floating around the internet for years, but was it really an 8th grade graduation test? #history #socialstudies #geography Thanks to John Johnson, my Patreon supporter who suggested this video topic. Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Stay Golden" by Dyalia Sources/further reading: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1895-exam/ Here is the test: http://www.indiana.edu/~p1013447/dictionary/8thgradeexam.htm Answers to 1895 Salina 8th grade graduation test: http://freedom-school.com/aware/1885-8th-grade-exam-answers.html https://www.truthorfiction.com/1895exam/ https://progressive.org/dispatches/debunking-ben-carson-better-educated-1830s/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1483383/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgYJTwciKD0 A few years ago, I saw stories floating around the internet about how an 8th grade graduation test from 1895 was so difficult that most adults today would not be able to pass it. These stories were essentially saying we are all so dumb today that and they were so smart back then, right? The logic also being that my grandparents, who stopped going to school after 8th grade, actually got more schooling than these darn kids today do. Darn kids. But hold on...let’s take a look at this test. How difficult WAS it?