Exam 5: Historical Development of American Education

A) all children should have equal educational opportunities.
B) community members should participate in educational policy making.
C) minority children need minority teachers.
D) the school curriculum should include issues related to ethnicity.

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A) Public education could provide religious instruction without violating the social and democratic purposes of public schools.
B) Citizens at the local level should have most of the authority in the affairs of public schools.
C) It was essential that those who controlled education be those best educated in the affairs of education.
D) The most important task for public education was to ensure creation of the elite leadership that would make democratic government work.

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A) address concerns of parents about personal safety in high school.
B) create more opportunities for career education.
C) permit a gradual transition from childhood to adolescence.
D) shift large enrollments out of overcrowded junior high schools.

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A) common school.
B) Latin grammar school.
C) normal school.
D) town school.

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The southern colonies were muc...

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A) assimilating Native Americans into the white society.
B) encouraging higher employment for Native Americans.
C) promoting religious values.
D) preserving Native American traditions.

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A) children of enslaved Africans
B) sons of rural southerners
C) daughters of Pennsylvania Quakers
D) sons of the upper class in New England

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A) promote a knowledgeable citizenry.
B) provide education for all children.
C) require schools to teach general education and vocational skills.
D) require professional training for teachers.

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A) classical literature.
B) college preparation.
C) mathematics and science.
D) vocational education.

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A) Massachusetts
B) Virginia
C) Florida
D) Connecticut

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Both reports addressed the goals and curriculum of secondary schools, which served to expand educational opportunity.Answers could include details on both of these areas.Many school districts were influenced by these reports and made adjustments in their secondary programs consistent with the reports' recommendations.

A) aided expansion of the military academies.
B) resulted in increased funding for schools with large enrollments of African American students.
C) provided federal funds for veterans to subsidize their education.
D) represents the first time the federal government assisted higher education.

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A) college preparation to a comprehensive orientation.
B) federal control to local control.
C) noncertified to fully certified teachers.
D) private to public funding for schools.

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A) Schools were most often organized to support the growing economic prosperity in the colonies.
B) Schools were most often organized to insulate and educate colonial groups on the basis of religious or cultural needs.
C) Because of the small number of children living in the colonies, schools were seen as unnecessary, and most education took place in the home.
D) From the very beginning of colonial settlement, public schools were considered vital to the political, social, and economic survival of the colonies.

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