Compare this 1954 8th grade civics test to what our kids get today.
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It is sad but the problem is even people of my generation (that’d be X) were never even TAUGHT THESE THINGS in the first place. (There was virtually NOTHING on the whole gamut of Amendments, outside of some gloss on the Bill of Rights and the cabinet positions? Yeah, more likely to learn that on Schoolhouse Rocks or something.)
The only reason I can answer most of those questions is because I turned into a history/civics buff long, long after grade school. (And if you want to further depress yourself, try and find a math textbook from the 50s–it’ll make your hair stand up!)