CH 5 History of American Education Post Test

1. Horace Mann established ___ schools, which prepared men and women.

• A. elementary

• B. common

• C. dame

• D. normal

In the beginning of the American Colonial Period, most education took place at ___.

• A. elementary schools

• B. home

• C. dame schools

• D. universities

During the American Early National Period, __ began the first public library.

• A. George Washington

• B. Alexander Hamilton

• C. Benjamin Franklin

• D. Thomas Jefferson

In the early 1930s, a new set of reading textbooks for beginning readers, known as __, began publication.

• quota

• hornbooks

• McGuffey's Readers

• "Dick and Jane" books

__ was responsible for developing the first public system of education.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

During the __, the first teachers' labor union was formed to protect the working rights of teachers.

• American Early National Period

• American Progressive Period

• American Common School Period

• 1920s and the Great Depression

The teaching program developed by __ emphasized self-directed learning through sensory experiences.

• John Dewey

• Rev William Holmes McGuffey

• Friedrich Froebel

• Maria Montessori

All of the following were outcomes of the Great Depression except __

• schools expanded both in number and subjects taught

• public schools faced a shortage of cash

• some schools districts ceased to operate

• course offerings were cut back to basic subjects

During the American Colonial Period, parents paid a fee for their children to attend __ schools, where students were taught by women in their homes.

• normal

• dame

• elementary

• common

Public schools available to children from all levels of society, or __ schools were introduced in the American Common School Period.

• dame

• elementary

• common

• normal