ETAP Fall Final Practice Test

Front

During colonial times, what subject was mostly taught in public schools?

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Religion

Front

Harvard and Yale were established primarily to provide education for:

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Ministers

Front

Which act required towns to hire a teacher for reading and writing in 1642?

Back

Old Deluder Satan Act

Front

Who is known as the Father of Public Education?

Back

Horace Mann

Front

Plessy vs. Ferguson resulted in schools being:

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Segregated

Front

Which leader believed academic education was key to racial equality?

Back

W.E.B. DuBois

Front

The goal of Native American boarding schools in the 1700s and 1800s was to: Financially help families, Preserve native cultures, Provide job opportunities, Americanize native students

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Americanize native students

Front

During the Cold War, there was an emphasis on which subject? Options: Social Studies and English, Math and Science, Science and Social Studies, Math and English

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Math and Science

Front

The IDEA Act guarantees what kind of education for students with disabilities?

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Free public schooling

Front

What do the Every Student Succeeds Act and No Child Left Behind Act have in common?

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State testing to help struggling schools