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100
Called the "Father of the Common School"
Who is Horace Mann?
100
One of the first state-supported universities
What is the University of North Carolina?
100
Taught children to read, spell, and pronounce words
What is the Webster dictionary?
100
Educated people in moral philosophy, literature, and science from traveling lecturers
What are lyceum lectures?
200
Established the Troy Female Seminary
Who is Emma Willard?
200
Established by Mary Lyon
What is Mount Holyoke College?
200
An important movement in philosophy and literature that flourished during the early to middle years of the nineteenth century
What is the American Transcendentalist Movement?
200
Paid taxation for education because they were afraid uneducated children might grow up to be ignorant, but still be able to vote
Who are the wealthy?
300
Nicknamed the "Schoolmaster of the Republic"
Who is Henry Webster?
300
Offered instruction in ancient languages, modern languages, mathematics, moral philosophy, natural philosophy, chemistry, law, and medicine
What is the University of Virginia?
300
Standardized the American language
What is the Webster dictionary?
300
Located in New York
Where is Troy Female Seminary?
400
Campaigned for better schooling, longer school terms, higher pay for teachers, and an expanded curriculum
Who is Horace Mann?
400
Provided freedom from religious and political oppression
What is the University of Virginia?
400
Gave lessons in religion, morality, patriotism, and idealism
What are the McGuffey Readers?
400
Led to more of a demand for education
What is the gaining of Manhood suffrage during Jackson's presidency?
500
Led the way towards the American Transcendentalist Movement
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
500
Led to the creation of liberal arts colleges
What is the Second Great Awakening?
500
Magazines founded in 1815 and 1830 that became popular in the nineteenth century
What are the "North American Review" and "Godey's Lady's Book?"
500
Recruited the most highly qualified faculty for the University of Virginia
Who is Thomas Jefferson?