History of Education

only ____ of wealthy plantation owners were educated

• daughters

• Sons

• Slaves

• Wives

Teachers could be married, drink, smoke, and date

• True

• False

What did Horace Mann work to establish?

• End segregation

• Teach new subjects

• Free public schools

What did they teach girls to do?

• Sewing

• Basic house skills

• Work

• Cooking

Only colored people were allowed to teach colored students.

• True

• False

when did the stock market crash?

• 1929

• 1873

• 1999

• 1935

One teacher taught all grades.

• False

• True

Colored schools got more funding that white school.

• True

• False

Who filled in for the men when they went to war?

• Women

• African americans

• Children

• Immigrants

What was it called when the birth rate increased drastically?

• Baby boom

• Baby flood