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36.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Latin Grammar School?

  1. Female students were prohibited from attending
  2. Sons of the upper class were sent if they were intended for leadership positions
  3. Prepared boys for the Harvard entrance examination
  4. Required that students participate in international internships
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37.

Harvard College was established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to:

  1. Ensure that future leaders of the church, state and judicial system received a solid education consistent with the Puritan philosophy of education
  2. Prepare students for military service as an enlisted officer
  3. Provide educational programs based upon the industrial model of education
  4. Provide the citizens of the Massachusetts Bay Colony with affordable higher education
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38.

Thomas Jefferson spent several years working to establish the University of Virginia at Charlottesville with the intention of:

  1. Increasing the number of students entering social service fields, such as teaching and nursing
  2. Providing an education which shares new ideas on government and equality with American students
  3. Preparing students for work in industrial factories
  4. Decreasing the number of Virginia residents going into agriculture
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39.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common school?

  1. Schooling would be available to all people
  2. Attendance is the birth right of all American citizens
  3. Provided education to immigrants to develop them into productive citizens
  4. Was in session all year regardless of season
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40.

The New England Primer, textbooks originally printed in 1690, contained:

  1. Classic literature selections
  2. Alphabet lessons with Bible verses included
  3. Lessons on reading musical notes
  4. Basic arithmetic lessons
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