1. Dorothea Dix dedicated her life to ateaching religion.beliminating slavery.chelping the imprisoned.destablishing public schools.2. Who said the following quote? Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men--the balance wheel of the social machinery. aElizabeth BlackwellbDorothea DixcFrederick DouglassdHorace Mann3. Which group benefited most from early efforts to establish public schools? agirlsbboyscAmerican IndiansdAfrican Americans4. Which group was focused on eliminating slavery? apoliticiansbabolitionistscmissionariesdtranscendentalists5. How did Frederick Douglass spread his message of freedom for all people? athrough newspapersbby running for officecby rising up in revoltdthrough church sermons

Which opinion is stated in the article? Horace Mann founded the Common School Journal in 1838 as part of his campaign to improve public education. In 1852, editor William B. Fowle stated the publication's position on education.We have contended that it is clearly the duty of government to see that the whole people are educated—but that the duty has been sadly neglected by both the general and state governments—the former doing nothing, and the latter nothing more than they are compelled to do. We have shown that while some States have what are called good free schools, others have none, or only poor ones; that, while some towns of a State have schools of a high order, and enough of them, other towns have only poor apologies for schools; and, finally, that, while some districts of a town have a good school, the other districts of the same town have nothing that deserves the name. We have maintained that such a state of things is inconsistent with our duty to the rising generation, every child of which has an equal right to an education, and to an education equal to the best. If education is necessary to . . . the progress of civilization, . . . then do we hold the government responsible for the education of every child . . . the government is bound to see that the work is done, effectually done, and that no child is any longer to be cursed with ignorance. . .A:A. Only wealthy children have a right to an education.B:B. Every child has an equal right to an education.C:C. Only children in certain states have a right to an education.D:D. The government is doing a good job providing public education.

+200Comprehension (Questions 03-07)Read the passage and answer the questions:The founders of the Republic viewed their revolution primarily in political rather than economic or social terms. And they talked about education as essential to the public good—a goal that took precedence over knowledge as occupational training or as a means to self-fulfillment or self-improvement. Over and over again the Revolutionary generation, both liberal and conservative in outlook, asserted its conviction that the welfare of the Republic rested upon an educated citizenry and that schools, especially free public schools, would be the best means of educating the citizenry in civic values and the obligations required of everyone in a democratic republican society. All agreed that the principal ingredients of a civic education were literacy and the inculcation of patriotic and moral virtues, some others adding the study of history and the study of principles of the republican government itself.The founders, as was the case of almost all their successors, were long on exhortation and rhetoric regarding the value of civic education, but they left it to the textbook writers to distill the essence of those values for school children. Texts in American history and government appeared as early as the 1790s. The textbook writers turned out to be very largely of conservative persuasion, more likely Federalist in outlook than Jeffersonian, and almost universally agreed that political virtue must rest upon moral and religious precepts. Since most textbook writers were New Englander, this meant that the texts were infused with Protestant and, above all, Puritan outlooks.In the first half of the Republic, civic education in the schools emphasized the inculcation of civic values and made little attempt to develop participatory political skills. That was a task left to incipient political parties, town meetings, churches and the coffee or ale houses where men gathered for conversation. Additionally as a reading of certain Federalist papers of the period would demonstrate, the press probably did more to disseminate realistic as well as partisan knowledge of government than the schools. The goal of education, however, was to achieve a higher form of unum of the U.S. and on several U.S. coins) for the new Republic. In the middle half of the nineteenth century, the political values taught in the public and private schools did not change substantially from those celebrated in the first fifty years of the Republic. In the textbooks of the day their rosy hues if anything became golden. To the resplendent values of liberty, equality, and a benevolent Christian morality were now added the middle-class virtues-especially of New England-of hard work, honesty and integrity, the rewards of individual effort, and obedience to parents and legitimate authority. But of all the political values taught in school, patriotism was preeminent; and whenever teachers explained to school children why they should love their country above all else, the idea of liberty assumed pride of place.QUESTION 04bookmark_borderSelect the correct answerAccording to the passage, the founders of the Republic regarded education primarily asradio_button_uncheckeda religious obligationradio_button_uncheckeda private matterradio_button_uncheckedan unnecessary luxuryradio_button_uncheckeda matter of individual choiceradio_button_uncheckeda political necessity

16. Why did Elizabeth Blackwell have a difficult time getting into medical school? aThere were no schools in her home state.bShe could not afford to pay the tuition.cMost medical schools would not accept women.dHer grades were not considered good enough.17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked together in the campaign for ___________ rights. aAfrican American'sbwomen'screligiousdeducation18. Which of these does not describe the conditions Dorothea Dix found when she began to investigate the current conditions of prisons and mental institutions aPrisoners were put in cages and chained.bCruel punishments were outlawed.cMost mentally ill were imprisoned in poor conditions.dChildren were tried in court as adults19. Who delivered the speeches written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton? aLucretia MottbSusan B. AnthonycSojourner TruthdAngelina Grimke20. Which two great reform movements did Sojourner Truth represent? aWomen's rights and ending slaverybPrison reform and treatment of the mentally illcWomen's rights and education reformdEducation reform and ending slavery

The excerpt below is from the General Introduction to Tuskegee and Its People by Booker T. Washington:Institutions, like individuals, are properly judged by their ideals, their methods, and their achievements in the production of men and women who are to do the world's work.One school is better than another in proportion as its system touches the more pressing needs of the people it aims to serve, and provides the more speedily and satisfactorily the elements that bring to them honorable and enduring success in the struggle of life. Education of some kind is the first essential of the young man, or young woman, who would lay the foundation of a career. The choice of the school to which one will go and the calling he will adopt must be influenced in a very large measure by his environments, trend of ambition, natural capacity, possible opportunities in the proposed calling, and the means at his command.In the past twenty-four years thousands of the youth of this and other lands have elected to come to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute to secure what they deem the training that would offer them the widest range of usefulness in the activities open to the masses of the Negro people. Their hopes, fears, strength, weaknesses, struggles, and triumphs can not fail to be of absorbing interest to the great body of American people, more particularly to the student of educational theories and their attendant results.What does Washington state is the goal of institutions? to enhance the mind of the student to produce men and women capable of work to provide a safe haven for learning to correct social imbalances and prejudices

Which two of these excerpts from “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker most clearly explore socioeconomic status?I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down. Don't ask my why: in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now. Sometimes Maggie reads to me. She stumbles along good-naturedly but can't see well. She knows she is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passes her by.When she was courting Jimmy T she didn't have much time to pay to us, but turned all her faultfinding power on him. He flew to marry a cheap city girl from a family of ignorant flashy people. She hardly had time to recompose herself.It is hard to see them clearly through the strong sun. But even the first glimpse of leg out of the car tells me it is Dee. Her feet were always neat-looking, as if God himself had shaped them with a certain style. From the other side of the car comes a short, stocky man.Dee next. A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. There are yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun. I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out. Earrings gold, too, and hanging down to her shoulders. Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm up to shake the folds of the dress out of her armpits.We sat down to eat and right away he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean. Wangero, though, went on through the chitins and corn bread, the greens and everything else. She talked a blue streak over the sweet potatoes. Everything delighted her.