Exam 4: Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive ERA

Progressive schooling emphasized two new social and educational goals: social stability and employable skills. What was the common belief about achieving those goals?

The rise of the factory system brought with it

Jefferson feared that urbanization would wreak havoc on the nation. Progressives saw an increase in crimes associated with urbanization. These two points are

Centralization of economic and political power in the progressive era is

Workers' resistance to scientific management in industry was primarily based on

Components of classical liberalism were modified by new liberals to respond to new social and political conditions. This is best illustrated by

Reflecting on the influence that Darwin had on many intellectuals of his day, Eliot devised a plan of barring unmarried southern and eastern Europeans from immigrating to the United States. What could have been his reason?

Progressives viewed schools, to some extent, as the appropriate place to solve problems associated with industrialization, immigration, and urbanization because

Which of the following does not illustrate fundamental resistance to corporate capital industrialization?

In what respects did various strands of the "new psychology" emerging in the progressive era provide support for innovations in schooling, including differential curricula and extracurricular activities? Do you think these innovations were adequately justified by these new interpretations in psychology? Defend your position.

The European system of education found it easier than the American school system to foster vocational instruction in the elementary schools because

Modern liberal ideology included a concept that the world around us was functioning organically. This concept is in sharp contrast to which of the following ideas?

Application of the scientific method for reaching reasonable conclusions

Progressives' advocacy of centralization of decision-making reflects their stated or implied belief in

Which one of the following statements holds true for the progressive era's idea of "new psychology"?

Educators and others who advocated progressive education reforms held a view that the "new" students

The results of progressive economic reforms largely

The influence of the "new psychology" that rose to prominence during the progressive era can be seen today in the method(s) of

Charles Eliot said, "There is no such thing as equality of gifts, of powers, of faculties, among either children or adults." What kind of schooling was he promoting when he said those words?

Ellwood Cubberley wrote that "a thoroughly democratic ladder has everywhere been provided" in the nation's schools. This "ladder" was meant for