Common School Period (1840 - 1880)

1) What did the Morrill Act of 1862 do during the American Common School Period?

• Established colleges across the country

• Abolished slavery in the South

• Provided funding for public schools

• Invented the sewing machine

Common schools gave the same education to people from different levels of society.

• True

• False

What was the focus of kindergarten during the American Common School Period?

• Vocational skills

• Science and math

• Play and social interaction

• None of the above

What did Horace Mann do?

• He played a significant role in improving education

• He established free public education for all children

• He made an organization that said African-Americans should NOT go to school

• He served as the first secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts

• He was insignificant

What major development allowed people to travel from Independence, Missouri to the western United States?

• The Oregon Trail

• The Erie Canal

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Santa Fe Trail

At the beginning of the American Common School Period, most American children received education through College.

• True

• False

__________ Readers became more widely available and taught moral lessons along with reading and other subjects.

• Mann's

• African-American

• Golden

• McGuffey's

What TWO inventions made life easier during the American Common School Period?

• Telephone

• Washing machines

• Cars

• Bread

• Sewing machines

What major event divided the country and eventually led to the Civil War?

• Washing machines

• Slavery

• Great Depression

• Horace Mann

Who developed the idea for kindergarten?

• Horace Mann

• Reverend William Holmes McGuffey

• Friedrich Froebel

• Nobody