History of Schools in The United States

Development of The U.S. Ed System

100

When was the Boston Latin Grammar School Established?

A) 1635

B) 1686

C) 1702

A) 1635

200

When was Horace Mann appointed as the first secretary?

A) 1748

B) 1782

C) 1837

C) 1837

300

Which Amendment addresses education?

A) 9th Amendment

B) 10th Amendment

C) 11th Amendment

B) 10th Amendment

400

In what year was the Elementary-Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)?

A) 2001

B) 2004

C) 2009

A) 2001

500

In what year did parents start being held legally accountable for their children's school attendance?

A) 1902

B) 1916

C) 1918

C) 1918

Important Figures of Education

100

Which following important figure influenced the elementary school curricula between the years 1783 - 1875?

A) Robert Owen

B) Noah Webster

C) William James

B) Noah Webster

200

Which important figure was the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education and father of the common school movement?

A) G. Stanley Hall

B) Horace Mann

C) John Dewey

B) Horace Mann

300

Which important figure was a Harvard philosopher and psychologist who found that stimulus-response concepts of learning could be used to help children develop desirable habits?

A) Samuel Chapman Armstrong

B) Theodore Sizer

C) William James

C) William James

400

Which important figure established child development and child psychology fields that influenced education at the end of the 19th century?

A) G. Stanley Hall

B) Margaret Haley

C) Emma Willard

A) G. Stanley Hall

500

Which important figure was the professor and author of "Classroom Management" which was the primary guide for preparing teachers for many years?

A) John Dewey

B) Noah Webster

C) William Chandler Bagley

C) William Chandler Bagley

Significant Movements in Ed

100

In what year was the William and Mary College established?

A) 1693

B) 1696

C) 1701

A) 1693

200

In what year did the federal court start requiring equal salaries for African American and white teachers?

A)1868

B) 1874

C) 1940

C) 1940

300

In what year did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act that prohibited discrimination in school programs?

A) 1932

B) 1955

C) 1964

C) 1964

400

In what year did the Supreme Court uphold an Amendment that banned affirmative action in admission to public universities in Michigan?

A) 1998

B) 2006

C) 2014

C) 2014

500

In what year did Congress pass Title IX

A) 1972

B) 1982

C) 1992

A) 1972