Answer and Explanation
North Dakota children assembling in
front of their one-room schoolhouse, 1890
(Source: American Memory, Library of Congress)
Question 0923:
Which of the following 19th century
social reformers advocated a secular curriculum for public
schools,
more and better-equipped schoolhouses, higher pay for teachers, and
universal compulsory education?
(A) Dorothea Dix
(B) Elijah P. Lovejoy
(C) Angelina Grimke
(D) Horace Mann
(E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(B) Elijah P. Lovejoy
(C) Angelina Grimke
(D) Horace Mann
(E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Answer:
Explanation:
Known as the "father of American public education," Mann used his position as secretary of the Massachusetts board of education to effect change in schools first in Massachusetts and then throughout the U.S. He advocated better training for teachers, sought to remove religious influence from the curriculum, and urged increased public spending on education.
(D) Horace Mann
Explanation:
Known as the "father of American public education," Mann used his position as secretary of the Massachusetts board of education to effect change in schools first in Massachusetts and then throughout the U.S. He advocated better training for teachers, sought to remove religious influence from the curriculum, and urged increased public spending on education.
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