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Worksheets5th pd Early History of US Education
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
Colonial Pd - What did the Puritans use as a safeguard to their religion?
education
wealth
land
teachers
Colonial pd - In what year did Massachusetts require all towns to have a public school system?
1809
1642
1749
2002
Colonial pd - What was one of the colleges built in this American Colonial period?
Harding
Columbia
Harvard
ASU
Colonial pd - _____ schools: women teach in their homes
Formal
Common
Normal
Dame
Colonial pd - Most schools during the American Colonial period were _____.
elementary
middle schools
high schools
college
Which three of these did Benjamin Franklin do?
scientist
doctor
writer
teacher
inventor
Early National pd - who were two important leaders during this time period?
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
John Dewey and Maria Montessori
Early National pd - Who founded the University of Virginia?
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Washington
John Dewey
Horace Mann
Early National pd - Why did people at this time want to create schools?
to improve each person's brain
to increase church membership
to honor the King
to better the society
Early National pd - Who started the first library?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Horace Mann
John Dewey
Progressive era - The (a) Act of 1917 established federal funds to support career and technical education.
Progressive Era - Schools were NOT segregated at this time.
True
False
Progressive era - This method considers all of the child's needs, not just intellectual.
Dewey Method
Montessori Method
equity
critical thinking
Progressive era - What did the first teacher labor union do?
improve standardized tests
give African Americans more funding
improve teacher pay, status, and working conditions
give students free lunches
Progressive era - Progressives wanted to make the world a more ___ place.
democratic
republican
independent
liberal
Common School Pd - Before the ___ War very few African Americans were able to read and write.
Civil
American
World
Vietnam
Common School pd - ___ was established in public schools.
Kindergarten
preschool
high school
college courses
Common school pd - In the end ___ public education became an option for many, and it was more widely available.
expensive
free
cheaper
upper level
Common School -pd - Horace Mann worked hard to establish free public education for every boy and girl in...
Arkansas
the United States
Colorado
Massachusetts
1920s/Great Depression - Which of these was NOT an effect of the Great Depression on schools?
Schools shut down.
School year was shortened.
Students worked instead of going to school.
School was held in the evenings, so students could work during the day.
1920s/Great Depression - The federal government helped schools by starting what program that still exists today?
Head Start
Kindergarten
free lunches
Future Teachers of America
1920s/Great Depression - What happened to teacher pay during this period?
based on student test scores
varied by the level taught
increased greatly
was reduced or eliminated
