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1
The advent of the public high school as a mass institution coincided with a new notion among policy makers that quality education could be an effective national security tool.
A)True
B)False
2
Due to massive military spending, the United States did not reap any economic benefits from the Cold War.
A)True
B)False
3
James Bryant Conant lobbied enthusiastically for passage of the GI Bill of Rights.
A)True
B)False
4
James Bryant Conant believed that institutions of higher education should cater to the best and brightest students, but also believed it was acceptable to exclude students on the basis of their social or economic backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
5
James Bryant Conant believed that students' academic abilities were predestined and that their set capacities were highly resistant to external factors.
A)True
B)False
6
James Bryant Conant believed that without the prospect of social mobility, attempts at social change were more likely to occur through violent action.
A)True
B)False
7
James Bryant Conant believed that too much faith was put into the belief in the power of education to fight America's ideological battles with communism.
A)True
B)False
8
In post-war years, many schools employed a life-adjustment curriculum that tended to focus more on functional than on intellectual instruction.
A)True
B)False
9
James Bryant Conant believed that all students, regardless of their academic aptitude, should receive the same amount of attention from their teachers and schools.
A)True
B)False
10
James Bryant Conant advocated for junior colleges, believing that such colleges would steer marginal students away from four-year colleges.
A)True
B)False





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