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When did public, socialized education become mandatory for the majority of the states in the united states?

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The correct answer is by 1900.

34 states made public primary education mandatory and very soon after all states in the federation made it mandatory. In the beginning, 72% of children attended schools but the number increased when all states made it obligatory after world war 1.
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