Test 2 terms

Question 1

john witherspoon

Answer 1

president of princeton

Question 2

john chavis

Answer 2

famous black preacher and teacher in NC

Question 3

Ben rush

Answer 3

first to propose nationwide public
schools

Question 4

gouveneur Morris

Answer 4

wrote the Constitution

Question 5

Fisher Аmes

Answer 5

worded the first amendment, was worried that schools took time away from bible

Question 6

noah webster

Answer 6

“Schoolmaster to America”
Wrote american spelling book or “blue Backed Speller”

Question 7

william holmes mcguffey

Answer 7

“Schoolmaster of the nation”
made series of textbooks named McGuffey Readers

Question 8

Emma Willard

Answer 8

pioneer in womens education

Question 9

Booker Washington

Answer 9

famous African-American
educator who headed the Tuskegee Institute as well
as starting a Bible College

Question 10

Daniel Webster

Answer 10

attorney in 1800’s who argued for
the preservation of religious instruction in America’s
schools; Supreme Court agreed and protected Bible
in classrooms

Question 11

federalist papers

Answer 11

explained to citizens why we needed a Constitution

Question 12

northwest ordinance

Answer 12

first federal education law

Question 13

10 commandments

Answer 13

taught in 3 of US’s most used books: New England Primer, American Spelling Book, and McGuffey Readers

Question 14

Oberlin College

Answer 14

Charles Finney one of the presidents
first college to equally admit all people; white, black, men, women

Question 15

biblical basis for education

Answer 15

the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge Prov. 1:7

Question 16

elements of a sound education

Answer 16

religion, morality, knowledge

Question 17

Martin Luther

Answer 17

greatest German reformer of the Reformation

Question 18

Phillip Melanchthon

Answer 18

• Great educator of the Lutherans
• Luther’s best friend
• Luther more theoretical; Melanchthon more practical

Question 19

John Calvin

Answer 19

• Christian education essential to Reformation’s survival
• Calvin’s goal: school in every church
• Academy of Geneva (1557)

Question 20

Ole Deluder Satan Act

Answer 20

i. Required establishment of schools
ii. 50 households = hire 1 teacher
iii. 100 households – 1 Latin grammar school
iv. Township could charge tuition or assess taxes
v. Small fine for failure to comply

Question 21

New England Primer

Answer 21

1st book used to teach reading: 1690-1900

Question 22

Horace Mann years

Answer 22

1796-1859

Question 23

Horace Mann

Answer 23

• Left calvinism and followed unitarism
• 1st secretary of Massachusetss
• “Father of American Education”
• Emphasized:
  Love, not punishment
  Reading supported by doing
  Reasoning, not facts