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History of American Education

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Education in the south was controlled or run by which group of people? 
a)
Local School Board
b)
Local Pastor
c)
Wealthy Landowner 
d)
Wealthy Mayor 
2.

Which group of colonies does this describe?


Life revolved around agriculture and schools did not exist. Private tutors were hired for wealthy families.

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

3.

What was the name of the act that required towns in Massachusetts to hire a teacher if they had at least 50 households?

a)

Land Grant Act

b)

Old Deluder Satan Act

c)

Tenth Amendment

4.

Type of settlers in New England

a)

English, Puritans

b)

Quakers, Dutch, French, German, Irish

c)

English aristocrats, planters, slaves

5.

Which colonies required public education? Why?

a)

New England Colonies; Puritans believed that all needed to read the Bible

b)

Southern Colonies; Southerners wanted to educate slaves to further their job skills

c)

Middle Colonies; the Quaker belief in equality made this possible

d)

The Backcountry; Scots Irish was verrry leart

6.
Who was the first to suggest that school be publicly funded by taxpayers?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Horace Mann
c)
John Locke
d)
Lyndon Johnson
7.

_______________________________played a major role in establishing the current American educational system

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Maria Montessorri

c)

Normal Schools

d)

McGuffey Readers

8.

the first state supported public schools available to children from all levels of society

a)

national standards

b)

normal schools

c)

expulsion

d)

common schools

9.

______________ are teacher training schools. This school reflected the hope that through teacher training, all schools would become "normalized" or similar to each other to improve the quality of education.

a)

common schools

b)

normal schools

c)

dame schools

10.

An early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher.

a)

Common School

b)

Dame School

c)

Franklin Academy

d)

Normal School

11.

What was the purpose of Normal Schools?

a)

To educate women.

b)

To provide education with a separation of church and state.

c)

To teach religion.

d)

To prepare people for careers in education as teachers.

12.

Which of the following individuals are considered to be the "Father of Public Education"?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Horace Mann

c)

John Dewey

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

13.

Which of the following laid the groundwork for the modern day high school?

a)

Common Schools

b)

Dame Schools

c)

English Classical School

d)

Normal School