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5th pd Early History of US Education

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colonial Pd - What did the Puritans use as a safeguard to their religion?

a)

education

b)

wealth

c)

land

d)

teachers

2.

Colonial pd - In what year did Massachusetts require all towns to have a public school system?

a)

1809

b)

1642

c)

1749

d)

2002

3.

Colonial pd - What was one of the colleges built in this American Colonial period?

a)

Harding

b)

Columbia

c)

Harvard

d)

ASU

4.

Colonial pd - _____ schools: women teach in their homes

a)

Formal

b)

Common

c)

Normal

d)

Dame

5.

Colonial pd - Most schools during the American Colonial period were _____.

a)

elementary

b)

middle schools

c)

high schools

d)

college

6.

Which three of these did Benjamin Franklin do?

a)

scientist

b)

doctor

c)

writer

d)

teacher

e)

inventor

7.

Early National pd - who were two important leaders during this time period?

a)

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington and Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

d)

John Dewey and Maria Montessori

8.

Early National pd - Who founded the University of Virginia?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Virginia Washington

c)

John Dewey

d)

Horace Mann

9.

Early National pd - Why did people at this time want to create schools?

a)

to improve each person's brain

b)

to increase church membership

c)

to honor the King

d)

to better the society

10.

Early National pd - Who started the first library?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Horace Mann

d)

John Dewey

11.

Progressive era - The (a)   Act of 1917 established federal funds to support career and technical education.

12.

Progressive Era - Schools were NOT segregated at this time.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Progressive era - This method considers all of the child's needs, not just intellectual.

a)

Dewey Method

b)

Montessori Method

c)

equity

d)

critical thinking

14.

Progressive era - What did the first teacher labor union do?

a)

improve standardized tests

b)

give African Americans more funding

c)

improve teacher pay, status, and working conditions

d)

give students free lunches

15.

Progressive era - Progressives wanted to make the world a more ___ place.

a)

democratic

b)

republican

c)

independent

d)

liberal

16.

Common School Pd - Before the ___ War very few African Americans were able to read and write.

a)

Civil

b)

American

c)

World

d)

Vietnam

17.

Common School pd - ___ was established in public schools.

a)

Kindergarten

b)

preschool

c)

high school

d)

college courses

18.

Common school pd - In the end ___ public education became an option for many, and it was more widely available.

a)

expensive

b)

free

c)

cheaper

d)

upper level

19.

Common School -pd - Horace Mann worked hard to establish free public education for every boy and girl in...

a)

Arkansas

b)

the United States

c)

Colorado

d)

Massachusetts

20.

1920s/Great Depression - Which of these was NOT an effect of the Great Depression on schools?

a)

Schools shut down.

b)

School year was shortened.

c)

Students worked instead of going to school.

d)

School was held in the evenings, so students could work during the day.

21.

1920s/Great Depression - The federal government helped schools by starting what program that still exists today?

a)

Head Start

b)

Kindergarten

c)

free lunches

d)

Future Teachers of America

22.

1920s/Great Depression - What happened to teacher pay during this period?

a)

based on student test scores

b)

varied by the level taught

c)

increased greatly

d)

was reduced or eliminated