Did everyone go toschool? No. In the US,Massachusetth was the first state to say that everyon had to go to school, but this wasn't until 1852.Many towns and villages had schools, but ther was no real education system. This was the same in most countries in the world.There were always childern, like Hunckleberry Finn, who didn't go to school.There were a lotof private schools, so people whit money could send their children there.At this time, there were a lot of people in most contries in the world who couldn't read or write