Question 1

Standardization of college admissions occurred during the Progressive period.What is one common college entrance requirement between the Progressive period and today?

Accepted Answer

A)  University entrance exams (SAT) 
B)  Four units of English and Math
C)  Be in the top 25% of your class A

Question 2

What was the purpose of education in the southern colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Produce an educated workforce for the plantation and farms
B)  Separate the children from European descent from African slaves
C)  Teach agricultural skills to wealthy boys
D)  To create college educated elite of wealthy plantation owners D

Question 3

What are the specific schools for the preparation of teachers focusing on teaching methodologies and the psychology of child development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Normal schools
B)  Monitorial schools
C)  Land grant schools
D)  Teacher college A

Question 4

What was the primary purpose of education in the American colonies of the 1600's and early 1700's?

Accepted Answer

A)  Read and write Latin
B)  To perpetuate religion
C)  Prepare for college
D)  Apprentice

Question 5

John Locke was an English philosopher who influenced education during the 1600's and 1700's.How do his ideas influence education today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emphasis on humanities and arts
B)  Religious teachings in a home school environment
C)  Secular, humanistic, practical approach
D)  Lower school and secondary curriculum school

Question 6

Due to factors such as the yellow school bus, and an increase in children attending school, the one room school house was replaced by new buildings with many classrooms.How did school officials arrange schools that had a lasting impact?

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Question 7

In the Colonial Period religion was a part of education, but as the purpose of education gradually changed so did the influence of religion.What had the greatest impact on religion and schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal governments greater involvement in education
B)  Government money dwindled for religious schools
C)  Supreme court rulings about prayer and religion in schools
D)  Findings from the report: A Nation at Risk

Question 8

The 1983 report A Nation at Risk made five recommendations for education: 1) Five basics added to secondary school curriculum, 2) rigorous and measurable standards, 3) school year be extended, 4) enhanced preparation and professionalism for educators, 5) accountability.What education policy corresponds to these recommendations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Academics and Accountability Act
B)  Cardinal Principal of secondary education
C)  National Defense Education Act
D)  No Child Left Behind

Question 9

During the Young Nation Period, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson emphasized different priorities for education.What did each man emphasize in education?

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Question 10

Explain the African American struggle for equal education from Colonial times to today?

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Question 11

In the New England colonies, there were two educational tracks, each representing a different kind of school.What were these two types of schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin grammar school and vernacular school
B)  Elementary school and primary school
C)  Dame school and British preparatory
D)  Grammar school and Harvard

Question 12

Considering that the U.S Constitution gives the function of education to the States how has the influence of the federal government increased over history in education?

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Question 13

In 2009 President Obama introduced Race to the Top funds for innovative State programs.What is one area of reform NOT part of the proposed programs or strategies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gains in student achievement
B)  Required standardized tests
C)  Improve high school graduation rates
D)  Closing achievement gaps

Question 14

In the Young Nation Period, school system superintendents were introduced.How does this relate to education today and what may be some other similarities?

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Question 15

During each historical period, the type of student changed.In the Modern period, how would you describe the changes in who went to school?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exclusion of immigrant children
B)  All children with emphasis on Inclusion
C)  Equity for Low Income children
D)  All children due to desegregation

Question 16

Olivia is a high school basketball player who will receive an athletic scholarship to college next year.What law provides Olivia the same scholarship opportunities as her friend Mike?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pell Grant
B)  Title IX
C)  Collegiate athletic grants
D)  Hope scholarship

Question 17

After young boys learned to read in the New England colonies, they had two options available to them.What was one of these options?

Accepted Answer

A)  Apprenticeship
B)  Harvard college
C)  Teaching children
D)  Agriculture

Question 18

After the court decision of Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka, what happened to desegregation in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  All schools become desegregated allowing everyone to go to school
B)  Black schools were closed forcing desegregation
C)  States were forced to fund all schools equally
D)  Federal government had to enforce law and enacted further legislation

Question 19

Native Americans have had a turbulent relationship with the U.S.government.Until 1965, who controlled and decided what should be taught in school on Native American Territory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal government
B)  Local tribe
C)  Local school district
D)  State where reservation is located

Question 20

How did the Morrill Act of 1862 influence higher education and impact education today?

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Exam 10: Historical Perspectives