Quiz 5

Question 1

1. Unlike the New England colonies or the southern colonies, the middle colonies saw the founding of numerous schools based on the religious beliefs of a variety of groups including Anglicans, Lutherans, Quakers, Jews, Catholics, Presbyterians, and Mennonites. What is the name given to this type of school?

Answer 1

Parochial

Question 2

2. The Massachusetts Act of 1647, often referred to as the Old Deluder Satan Act, mandated the establishment of schools. Which of the following is NOT a provision of this piece of legislation?

Answer 2

towns of 250 households or more must establish a college for the training of Puritan ministers.

Question 3

3. Which individual is most closely associated with the founding of the kindergarten movement during the 19th century?

Answer 3

Friedrich Froebel

Question 4

4. This scholar and activist called for the education of the most “talented tenth” of the African American population to prepare them for positions of leadership in society at large

Answer 4

W.E.B. DuBois

Question 5

5. Passed by Congress in 1958, the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) addressed all of the followingEXCEPT which?

Answer 5

Military veterans given increased opportunities for higher education