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1
Which of the following is true about how the role of schooling fit into the demographic changes occurring the late 1800s and the early 1900s?
A)Most believed school should not play a role in the introduction of patriotism or the creation of a nationalistic spirit.
B)There was an attempt to set school apart from the issues created by rapid industrialization.
C)Schooling seemed to be an effective way to introduce immigrants into the nation.
D)All the answers are correct.
2
Which of the following is not an example of industrial morality that merchants and factory owners attempted to instill in workers?
A)a belief in the value of leisure
B)a strict demarcation between childhood, youth, and adulthood
C)adherence to the temperance movement
D)offering of economic rewards
3
Which of the following is not true about the prevailing ideology of the common school era?
A)an increased willingness to allow for the centralization of governmental authority
B)a belief in complete laissez-faire economics
C)a new acceptance of the role of government in creating conditions for freedom
D)classical liberal thought becoming part of the ideology of the general public
4
Horace Mann believed that school must teach children appropriate moral values; his "common elements"
A)supported and promoted industrial development.
B)were based on a pan-Protestant religious perspective.
C)were an attempt to ameliorate the social instability of the time.
D)All the answers are correct.
5
According to Horace Mann, the use of corporal punishment
A)was a great lesson learned from the thinkers of the Enlightenment.
B)was absent in Prussian schooling, thereby enabling Prussian students to enjoy learning.
C)was necessary due to the innate depravity of human nature.
D)was the sign of an effective teacher.
6
Which of the following is not true about Horace Mann's model of teaching training?
A)It focused on the importance of a teacher's moral character.
B)It brought more females into the teaching ranks.
C)It educated scholars with a great deal of subject-matter knowledge by incorporating teacher training with the rest of higher education.
D)It recognized a need for special preparation for teachers to comprehend the nature of learners and to learn how to teach.
7
Horace Mann's beliefs in the long-term economic benefits of education
A)contradicted his beliefs in human capital theory.
B)convinced his businessperson supporters that there was a link between common school education and the application of creative intelligence in workers.
C)was influenced by the classical liberal ideology that placed ultimate faith in the human capacity to develop a rational ability to solve all problems.
D)ignored the long-standing set of psychological concepts known as faculty psychology.
8
Which of the following was not a major concern of those who opposed Horace Mann's common school reforms?
A)Mann's efforts to make schools non-denominational
B)Mann's criticism of teaching methods, especially recitation and corporal punishment
C)the ideology and political implications of Mann's approach
D)the cost of new school infrastructure
9
One reason that Horace Mann's reforms were successful was because
A)he was not influenced and did not solicit the assistance of monied interests.
B)his suggestion that common school education was important to upward mobility attracted less-affluent parents and working-class people.
C)he was a strict believer in the separation of church and state and refused to have his curriculum influenced by any religious ideology.
D)he denounced the unpopular classical liberal ideology.
10
Horace Mann believed
A)Government governs best which governs least.
B)Education should not have any economic goals.
C)A little disorder, and, when necessary, rebellion, is good for democracy.
D)A state-controlled school system could be the vehicle to establish a more stable social order.





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