wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

education reform in the 1800s

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who became the state supervisor of education in Massachusetts and started the eduction reform?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Thomas Galludet

d)

Dr. Samuel Howe

2.

at first, what type of people went to school?

a)

rich girls

b)

poor girls

c)

poor boys

d)

rich boys

3.

who long was the school year after the reform?

a)

6 months

b)

12 months

c)

3 months

d)

8 months

4.

what collage was the first collage to accept women?

a)

Ohio University

b)

University of Buffalo

c)

Ohio's Oberlin College

d)

Florida State University

5.

what are the 3 basic principles of education (select all)?

a)

schools should be free and supported by taxes

b)

only rich people can go to school

c)

children should be required to attend school

d)

teachers should be trained

6.

which wasn't a problem with schools before the reform?

a)

kids only went to school for 10 weeks a year

b)

only rich males could attend schools

c)

there was no teacher training

d)

all of these are problems

7.

true or false; there were many public schools

(a)  

8.

true or false; without schools many kids were in poverty and were not being good citizens

(a)  

9.

why didn't most kids go to school (select 2)?

a)

they didnt have enough money

b)

they didn't know where the schools were

c)

they didn't know what school was

d)

they had to work on farms or in their homes etc.

10.

true or false; schools were mostly one room schoolhouses

(a)