Question 1
Prior to 1860, public education in the United States
A. emphasized independence and creativity.
B. gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
C. did not exist.
D. was funded by the federal government.
E. was legally denied for all non-whites.
Question 2
According to the nineteenth-century science of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?
A. character and intelligence
B. chances of having children
C. likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases
D. life expectancy
E. future earning potential
Question 3
The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was
A. Lucretia Mott.
B. Susan B. Anthony.
C. Dorothea Dix.
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
E. Angelina Grimke.