History of American Education

What was the primary purpose of education according to the Puritans in Massachusetts?

• To teach children about classical literature

• To increase children's chances of survival and religious salvation

• To promote nationalistic character and morality

• To prepare children for leadership positions

What was the main focus of education in Dame schools?

• Teaching basic literacy skills to young children

• Training teachers in normal schools

• Preparing boys for Harvard University

• Teaching children about the principles of democracy

Who were Latin grammar schools primarily designed for?

• Young women preparing to become teachers

• Sons of certain social classes destined for leadership

• Children of middle-class families

• All white children regardless of social class

What did Federalists believe about public education?

• It should be controlled locally

• It was unnecessary in a society ruled by elites

• It should teach morality and submission to laws

• It should be free for high-achieving scholars from poor families

What was Thomas Jefferson's stance on education as an Anti-Federalist?

• Mass schooling was important for smoothing out frontier folk

• Public education was a prerequisite to a democratic society

• Education should be nationally controlled

• Education should be locally controlled

Who was the leader of the common school movement?

• Noah Webster

• Thomas Jefferson

• Horace Mann

• Catherine Beecher

How did Catherine Beecher contribute to the education system?

• By establishing the first compulsory education law

• By advocating for mass schooling to teach morality

• By becoming an instructor at a normal school to prepare other teachers

• By leading the common school movement

What was the primary purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• To maintain public order

• To segregate and disenfranchise African Americans

• To improve the Southern economy

• To enforce federal civil rights legislation

How did the funding disparity between Black and White schools during the Jim Crow era affect African American communities?

• It led to higher employment rates among African Americans

• It created a more competitive educational environment

• It contributed to long-lasting educational and economic disparities

• It encouraged African Americans to pursue higher education

What was the primary goal of the Native American boarding schools established by the federal government?

• To promote Native American cultures within mainstream America

• To provide equal educational opportunities for Native American children

• To assimilate Native American children into white Protestant culture

• To prepare Native American children for college education