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One history question asked the students to name the group or person who settled the following: "Ga., Md., Mass., R.I., Fla." While Florida has been settled at one point by both the French, Spanish, and American, who settled Florida first?
Snapshot via bullittcountyhistory.com
A picture of the top of the 1912 eighth-grade exam shows the spelling words teachers would quiz their students on. Notice the word endeavor is misspelled "eneeavor."
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