Horace Mann

Horace Mann

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Horace Mann

Horace Mann

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

John Robinson

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

I worked for education reform.  I wanted less crowded classrooms and better trained teachers, who am I? 

Horace Mann

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglass

Dorothea Dix

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

What is he best known for?

Known for being the best singer

Known as "the father of American education,” Horace Mann (1796–1859), a major force behind establishing unified school systems, worked to establish a varied curriculum that excluded sectarian instruction.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Horace Mann died in which year?

1859

1862

1832

1857

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Media Image

Who is the Father of Common School Movement?

Terrace Mann

Hura Man

Horay Woman

Horace Mann

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Who said the following quote?

"Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men--the balance wheel of the social machinery"

Elizabeth Blackwell

Dorothea Dix

Frederick Douglass

Horace Mann

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 20 pts

How did Horace Mann impact public education?

Mann advocated for “common schools,” institutions that would be available to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay tuition. Mann believed that universal education would allow the United States to avoid the rigid class systems of Europe.

He made it possible for students to be in integrated classrooms.

He didn't do anything to impact public education

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which of these were NOT an occupation of Horace Mann?

Lawyer

University President

Representative

President of Mass. Board of Education

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