Extra Credit Quiz EDUC 202

Slavery existed in how many states in 1776:

The primary reason the American South seceded from the Union was because of...

Nearly 99% of Americans were literate by 1800.

Horace Mann believed that these individuals would replace the police...

The Common School Movement believed that every student should be taught all except...

This movement was designed to "liberate women" from "household drudgery" so they would be better mothers and wives.

Who is the current Secretary of Education?

Which ancient Greek philosopher opened his own academy in Athens?

Thomas Jefferson believed that people a primary way should gain knowledge was reading newspapers and studying history

What is the name of the school opened in 1635 which was first to be paid for with tax-payer dollars?

Before the common school movement, schools were... [which one is true]

States that teach an abstinence-only approach to sex education have the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the US

Texas and what other state have the greatest sway with what textbooks children learn from in the US?

This city was the place where The Kindergarten Movement started in America

He believed in patriotism and wrote a spelling book with nationalistic themes...

Because of anti-literacy laws in the American south, anyone caught teaching a black American to read could face...

Urban schools have often been seen as the cause of crime in American Cities

After bring discriminated against in society because of religion, these people eventually created their own schools.

This educational movement, started in the 1860s, sought to directly address urban poverty.

New York was the first state to make slavery illegal in 1780.

The creation of the common school significantly reduced rates of urban crime.

In Mississippi, a white person caught teaching a black American to read prior to 1865 could face a jail sentence of...

Which one of these are NOT a distinctive features of the common school movement?

Before becoming interested in education, Horace man was a...?

Charity schools had all of the following characteristics but what:

According to Spring, what is educational deculturalization?

Who is most credited with the establishment of the Common School? And in what state?

This an institution created to train people to become teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy & curriculum.

A major the Play movement was...

This movement standardized eating habits, a diet of prepackaged foods to reach and help poor immigrant children.