History of U.S. Schools 1820-1920

Question 1

What was the significance of the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

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it codified and legalized racial segregation

Question 2

Compulsory means

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required

Question 3

The Cardinal Principles argued for

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differentiation

Question 4

This person campaigned to ensure that women had access to normal schools

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Catherine Beecher

Question 5

German educator Friedrich Froebel's "garden where children grow" is known as

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Kindergarten

Question 6

After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau operated schools for former

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slaves

Question 7

W.E.B. Du Bois believed that African American Education should be focused on

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classical training (college)

Question 8

Booker T. Washington's philosophy focused on

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skills and labor

Question 9

These offered free state-supported education for all (white) students

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common schools

Question 10

In 1890, the second Morrill Land-Grant Act granted

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money

Question 11

How did the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 fund new colleges?

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Selling Native land to raise funds

Question 12

In 1893, the Committee of Ten argued that all high school students should

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follow a college preparatory curriculum

Question 13

Which high school structure lasted?

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Cardinal Principles

Question 14

Between 1850 and 1900, women in the teaching profession

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increased

Question 15

These schools prepared teachers (general knowledge, pedagogy, practice)

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normal schools

Questions 15