Schooling 1
What is a synonym of COMPULSORY?
Mandatory
True or False: The state can arrest students who do not attend school.
FALSE. The state can arrest PARENTS whose children do not attend school.
Which vocabulary word means calm and not easily upset?
What does "Free Egress" mean?
The ability to leave a building without obstruction.
What vocabulary word means to cause distaste and aversion?
What is repulsed?
What are the three types of schooling?
Private schooling, public schooling, and homeschooling.
Why was Cheree Peoples mentioned in the article?
She was arrested when her daughter missed too much school.
Which vocabulary word means rudely brief and short-spoken?
Curt
What floors was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on?
8th, 9th, and 10th floors.
What vocabulary word means very angry?
incensed
What does the word truancy mean?
Missing too much school
What US state had the first compulsory schooling law?
Massachusetts
Which vocabulary word means moving in a busy, energetic, noisy way?
bustling
How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
146 people
What vocabulary word means agitated, unsettled, upset?
perturbed
Age 6
What caused people to want a compulsory schooling law?
A wave of poor Irish immigrants who brought a different culture with them to America.
Which vocabulary word means lacking in quality or quantity?
meager
What was the date of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
March 25, 1911
What vocabulary word means friendly and pleasant?
Amiable
What is the difference between compulsory education and compulsory schooling?
Compulsory education forces the town to OFFER school.
Compulsory schooling forces parents to SEND their children TO SCHOOL.
In what year was the first compulsory school law made? (Points if you're in the right decade)
1852
Which vocabulary word means sulky and gloomy?
Sullen
Annie Moore, a 16 year old Irish immigrant
What vocabulary word means leading to success, favorable?
auspicious