Quiz: Common Schools & Civil War
Question 1
2/ 2pts
Which movement was not a precursor to the common school movement led
by Horace Mann?
Robert Raikes’ Sunday school movement
Joseph Lancaster’s monitorial school movement
Maria Montessori’s school movement
Northwest Ordinances
Question 2
2/ 2pts
Which was not a provision of the Northwest Ordinances?
Each new township was to set aside one square mile for public schools.
Slavery was to be prohibited in the Northwest Territory.
Schools were encouraged as a means to promote religion.
A township of 50 families was required to hire a teacher.
Question 3
2/ 2pts
Which is not an outcome of common schools that Horace Mann expected?
Reduce number of prisons
Reduce crime
Eliminate poverty
Convert students to Unitarianism
