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Kikoku · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

A. Educational opportunities extended to Indian tribes as well.

B. It was a period of rapid expansion for public schools.

C. Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.

D. By 1900, most states required compulsory school attendance.

E. Southern blacks had far less access to education than southern whites.

Question 2

According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by

A. religious faith.

B. inherited ideals.

C. scientific inquiry.

D. democratic tradition.

E. moral principles.

Question 3

Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?

A. Charles Darwin

B. John Dewey

C. Henry James

D. Charles S. Peirce

E. Edward A. Ross

Question 4

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

A. scientists.

B. theologians.

C. educators.

D. All these answers are correct.

E. both theologians and educators.

Question 5

The American artistic movement known as the Ashcan school

A. was most identified with the work of John Singer Sargent.

B. was strongly influenced by Old World masters.

C. included the painter Edward Hopper.

D. portrayed an idealized image of rural life.

E. rejected expressionism and abstraction as artistic fads.