8th US History - Ch 17c (pg. 328-335)

Question 1

Who is known as the father of modern socialism?

Answer 1

Karl Marx

Question 2

Which amendment made income tax legal?

Answer 2

16th Amendment

Question 3

Who was the President during World War I?

Answer 3

Woodrow Wilson

Question 4

What ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank in 1912?

Answer 4

Titanic

Question 5

Essay - How were the philosophies of John Dewey harmful to American education?

Answer 5

Dewey applied evolution to the classroom.

• He felt man was an animal
• He felt man was shaped by his environment.
• He believed in permissiveness in the classroom because it would lead to “higher development”.
• He felt that social adjustment was more important than academic learning. This idea will eliminate individual accountability and responsibility.

Academic and moral breakdown soon followed.