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Early History in Education

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

dame

b)

elementary

c)

home

d)

universities

2.

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

a)

dame

b)

elementary

c)

home

d)

common

3.

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

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

4.

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

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

5.

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

a)

dame

b)

elementary

c)

home

d)

common

6.

Horace Mann established _____ schools, schools that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers.

a)

dame

b)

elementary

c)

normal

d)

common

7.

During the _____, the first teachers’ labor union was formed to protect the working rights of teachers.

a)

American early National Period

b)

American Common School Period

c)

American Progressive Period

d)

1920's and the Great Depression Era

8.

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

a)

Maria Montessori

b)

John Dewey

c)

Friedrich Froebel

d)

Reverend William Homes McGuffey

9.

Which of the following was not an outcome of the Great Depression?

a)

Public schools faced a shortage of cash

b)

Schools expanded both in number and subjects taught

c)

Some school districts ceased to operate

d)

Course offerings were cut back to basic subjects

10.

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

a)

“Dick and Jane” books

b)

Hornbooks

c)

McGuffey’s Readers

d)

Quota

11.

Prepares students for the many career opportunities in specific trades and occupations.

a)

“Dick and Jane” books

b)

Orgeon Trail

c)

Career and technical education

d)

Quota

12.

Limits. Immigration laws set limits for people coming to the United States from other countries.

a)

“Dick and Jane” books

b)

Orgeon Trail

c)

Career and technical education

d)

Quota

13.

Someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping an expert in that trade.

a)

Apprentice

b)

Normal school

c)

Quota

d)

Dame school

14.

Members of the reform movement during the Progressive Era.

a)

Appretice

b)

Common schools

c)

Career and technical education

d)

Progressives

15.

United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking", and provided federal funds for this purpose.

a)

Smith-Hughes Act

b)

Brown Board of Education

c)

Education Act 1944

d)

Progressives