Question 1

Commercial education for girls in the progressive era was

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A)  designed to prepare females for management positions in the new business culture. 
B)  limited largely to preparing girls for clerical occupations in the emerging business culture. 
C)  distributed equally throughout all economic classes and ethnic groups. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  designed to prepare females for management positions in the new business culture. 
B)  limited largely to preparing girls for clerical occupations in the emerging business culture. 
C)  distributed equally throughout all economic classes and ethnic groups. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. B

Question 2

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the 12th and last resolution was narrowly passed, instead of being unanimously passed as the others were?

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The Seneca Falls Declaration, written in 1848, was a pivotal document in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. It made several important claims and resolutions, including the assertion that all men and women are created equal and that women should have the right to vote and participate in government.

One of the most important claims made in the Seneca Falls Declaration was the assertion that women should have the same rights and privileges as men, including the right to vote. This was a radical idea at the time, as women were not considered equal to men in the eyes of the law or society. The declaration also called for an end to the oppressive laws and customs that limited women's rights and opportunities.

The 12th and last resolution of the Seneca Falls Declaration called for women to have the right to vote. This resolution was narrowly passed, with some delegates expressing reservations about the idea of women participating in the political process. This may have been due to the prevailing attitudes of the time, which viewed women as being unfit for political participation. Additionally, some delegates may have been hesitant to support such a radical idea, even though they agreed with the other resolutions in the declaration.

Overall, the Seneca Falls Declaration was a groundbreaking document that laid the groundwork for the women's suffrage movement in the United States. The fact that the 12th resolution was narrowly passed reflects the challenges and resistance that women faced in their fight for equal rights and the right to vote. It took many more years of activism and advocacy before women finally gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Question 3

Domestic science courses in the progressive era approached the education of girls in ways that

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A)  upheld the view that women's place was in the home and in "female" occupations. 
B)  replaced the cult of domesticity with education in academic sciences. 
C)  was unsuccessful in extending females' educational opportunities. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  upheld the view that women's place was in the home and in "female" occupations. 
B)  replaced the cult of domesticity with education in academic sciences. 
C)  was unsuccessful in extending females' educational opportunities. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. A

Question 4

Normal schools were meant to

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A)  teach women the "proper" way to act. 
B)  train teachers for schools. 
C)  promote vocational education for boys and girls. 
D)  teach employment skills to young girls. 
A)  teach women the "proper" way to act. 
B)  train teachers for schools. 
C)  promote vocational education for boys and girls. 
D)  teach employment skills to young girls.

Question 5

Which of the following was true of commercial education in the United States at the turn of the 20th century?

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A)  It was among the slowest growing areas of study in high schools across the country in this period. 
B)  It was largely male because the labor market sought men for low-paying clerical positions. 
C)  It was class-biased rather than sex-segregated. 
D)  It was primarily a curriculum for women and especially for the daughters of less affluent families. 
A)  It was among the slowest growing areas of study in high schools across the country in this period. 
B)  It was largely male because the labor market sought men for low-paying clerical positions. 
C)  It was class-biased rather than sex-segregated. 
D)  It was primarily a curriculum for women and especially for the daughters of less affluent families.

Question 6

When Mary Leal Harkness writes "superstition begins to hamper a girl's education almost at the very beginning," she is referring first to the belief that

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A)  girls are not as adept as boys in mathematics and science. 
B)  girls have a greater aptitude than boys for subjects in the humanities. 
C)  girls' education should be deemphasized to protect their delicate health. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  girls are not as adept as boys in mathematics and science. 
B)  girls have a greater aptitude than boys for subjects in the humanities. 
C)  girls' education should be deemphasized to protect their delicate health. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

In the progressive era's approach to differentiated curriculum, _____.

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A)  academic education was considered appropriate for boys but not for girls 
B)  girls were tracked into vocational programs regardless of their social class backgrounds 
C)  gender interacted with class in influencing whether girls would be enrolled in the vocational or academic curriculum 
D)  All of these answers are correct 
A)  academic education was considered appropriate for boys but not for girls 
B)  girls were tracked into vocational programs regardless of their social class backgrounds 
C)  gender interacted with class in influencing whether girls would be enrolled in the vocational or academic curriculum 
D)  All of these answers are correct

Question 8

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women

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A)  but also critical of wasting any student's time in vocational coursework. 
B)  but also critical of vocational education in general. 
C)  but also critical of the view that motherhood is a woman's highest calling. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  but also critical of wasting any student's time in vocational coursework. 
B)  but also critical of vocational education in general. 
C)  but also critical of the view that motherhood is a woman's highest calling. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 9

What was the most important educational achievement of the "cult of domesticity"?

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A)  Women were taught the nurturing role of the wife. 
B)  Women received some form of formal education. 
C)  Women were taught to be the family's early educator and moral exemplar. 
D)  Women were taught both the nurturing role of the wife and to be the family's early educator and moral exemplar. 
A)  Women were taught the nurturing role of the wife. 
B)  Women received some form of formal education. 
C)  Women were taught to be the family's early educator and moral exemplar. 
D)  Women were taught both the nurturing role of the wife and to be the family's early educator and moral exemplar.

Question 10

Which of the following was true of Anna Julia Cooper?

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A)  She was one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
B)  Like Catharine Beecher, she believed women to be subordinate to men. 
C)  She was a university president. 
D)  She was a university president and one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
A)  She was one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
B)  Like Catharine Beecher, she believed women to be subordinate to men. 
C)  She was a university president. 
D)  She was a university president and one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D.

Question 11

Which of the following statements best characterizes the authors' assessment of Emma Willard's contributions?

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A)  Her conservatism stood in the way of genuine educational progress for women. 
B)  Her liberalism led her to make a significant contribution to the education and autonomy of women. 
C)  Her radicalism was too far ahead of its time to have a practical impact. 
D)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  Her conservatism stood in the way of genuine educational progress for women. 
B)  Her liberalism led her to make a significant contribution to the education and autonomy of women. 
C)  Her radicalism was too far ahead of its time to have a practical impact. 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

As prominent male educators in the 18th and 19th centuries advocated that women's education suit women for their domestic roles in society, _____.

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A)  many women educators took a similar position 
B)  most women educators publicly rejected that position 
C)  working-class males rejected this view 
D)  All of these answers are correct 
A)  many women educators took a similar position 
B)  most women educators publicly rejected that position 
C)  working-class males rejected this view 
D)  All of these answers are correct

Question 13

Catharine Beecher's educational and social vision could be considered "liberal" because

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A)  it did not challenge the established social order. 
B)  it conceptualized education for women as important and necessary. 
C)  it was a middle-class ideal. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  it did not challenge the established social order. 
B)  it conceptualized education for women as important and necessary. 
C)  it was a middle-class ideal. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 14

Academies, normal schools, and high schools in the 18th and 19th centuries all represented

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A)  social Darwinist ideology. 
B)  institutions designed primarily for the subordination of women. 
C)  an expansion of educational opportunities for women. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  social Darwinist ideology. 
B)  institutions designed primarily for the subordination of women. 
C)  an expansion of educational opportunities for women. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 15

Which two components contributed the most to the progressive era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

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A)  Progressives and progressive educational reform 
B)  Domestic sciences and commercial education 
C)  Liberals and new liberal ideology 
D)  Political-economic change and sensual-classical liberal ideology 
A)  Progressives and progressive educational reform 
B)  Domestic sciences and commercial education 
C)  Liberals and new liberal ideology 
D)  Political-economic change and sensual-classical liberal ideology

Question 16

Catharine Beecher's perspective on the role and social position of women

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A)  did not challenge the second-class status of women in public life. 
B)  maintained that happiness was derived from subordination to one's husband. 
C)  emphasized the liberal education of women's rational capacities. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  did not challenge the second-class status of women in public life. 
B)  maintained that happiness was derived from subordination to one's husband. 
C)  emphasized the liberal education of women's rational capacities. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 17

Do you see any parallels to the past in conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

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Yes, there are definitely parallels to t

Question 18

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, interpreted Christian doctrine

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A)  to be mistakenly biased against women. 
B)  directly in accord with tradition up to his time. 
C)  to hold women responsible for the loss of free will among all humans. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  to be mistakenly biased against women. 
B)  directly in accord with tradition up to his time. 
C)  to hold women responsible for the loss of free will among all humans. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

During the 19th century, White Americans were concerned with educating their daughters

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A)  to be productive workers and political agents. 
B)  to be rational and independent beings. 
C)  to be wives and mothers. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  to be productive workers and political agents. 
B)  to be rational and independent beings. 
C)  to be wives and mothers. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 20

The identification of men with an essentially rational nature and women with an emotional nature

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A)  was rejected by classical liberals but revived in modern liberalism. 
B)  was a significant part of Augustine's thinking about gender roles. 
C)  was rejected during the progressive era. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  was rejected by classical liberals but revived in modern liberalism. 
B)  was a significant part of Augustine's thinking about gender roles. 
C)  was rejected during the progressive era. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Commercial education for girls in the progressive era was

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the 12th and last resolution was narrowly passed, instead of being unanimously passed as the others were?

Domestic science courses in the progressive era approached the education of girls in ways that

Normal schools were meant to

Which of the following was true of commercial education in the United States at the turn of the 20th century?

When Mary Leal Harkness writes "superstition begins to hamper a girl's education almost at the very beginning," she is referring first to the belief that

In the progressive era's approach to differentiated curriculum, _____.

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women

What was the most important educational achievement of the "cult of domesticity"?

Which of the following was true of Anna Julia Cooper?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the authors' assessment of Emma Willard's contributions?

As prominent male educators in the 18th and 19th centuries advocated that women's education suit women for their domestic roles in society, _____.

Catharine Beecher's educational and social vision could be considered "liberal" because

Academies, normal schools, and high schools in the 18th and 19th centuries all represented

Which two components contributed the most to the progressive era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

Catharine Beecher's perspective on the role and social position of women

Do you see any parallels to the past in conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, interpreted Christian doctrine

During the 19th century, White Americans were concerned with educating their daughters

The identification of men with an essentially rational nature and women with an emotional nature

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School As a Public Institution: The Common-School ERA

Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive ERA

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and African Americans

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians

National School Reform: The Early Cold War ERA

Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives

Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement

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Diversity and Equity Today: Defining the Challenge

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Exam 5: Diversity and Equity: Schooling Girls and Women

Commercial education for girls in the progressive era was

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the 12th and last resolution was narrowly passed, instead of being unanimously passed as the others were?

Domestic science courses in the progressive era approached the education of girls in ways that

Normal schools were meant to

Which of the following was true of commercial education in the United States at the turn of the 20th century?

When Mary Leal Harkness writes "superstition begins to hamper a girl's education almost at the very beginning," she is referring first to the belief that

In the progressive era's approach to differentiated curriculum, _____.

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women

What was the most important educational achievement of the "cult of domesticity"?

Which of the following was true of Anna Julia Cooper?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the authors' assessment of Emma Willard's contributions?

As prominent male educators in the 18th and 19th centuries advocated that women's education suit women for their domestic roles in society, _____.

Catharine Beecher's educational and social vision could be considered "liberal" because

Academies, normal schools, and high schools in the 18th and 19th centuries all represented

Which two components contributed the most to the progressive era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

Catharine Beecher's perspective on the role and social position of women

Do you see any parallels to the past in conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, interpreted Christian doctrine

During the 19th century, White Americans were concerned with educating their daughters

The identification of men with an essentially rational nature and women with an emotional nature

Introduction: Understanding School and Society

Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Ideal

School As a Public Institution: The Common-School ERA

Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive ERA

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and African Americans

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians

National School Reform: The Early Cold War ERA

Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives

Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement

Differentiated Schooling, Labor Market Preparation, and Contemporary School Reform: The Postcold

Diversity and Equity Today: Defining the Challenge

Diversity and Equity Today: Meeting the Challenge

School and Society: Teaching and Teacher Leadership in the 21st Century

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