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41.

For what purpose was the first normal school established in Massachusetts in 1839?

  1. Training teachers
  2. Training lawyers
  3. Educating immigrants
  4. Preparing religious ministers
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42.

In 1892, the National Education Association appointed the Committee of Ten who recommended that:

  1. Teacher salaries should be increased each year based on experience credits
  2. The curriculum for American high schools should be standardized
  3. Teachers be required to meet minimum reading, writing and math requirements
  4. Curriculum be divided into English, foreign language, social studies and math
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43.

Which event that took place on October 4, 1957 began the race to space between the Soviet Union and the United States?

  1. The Cold War began
  2. The Soviet satellite Sputnik was launched
  3. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  4. The enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Act
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44.

McGuffey Readers were originally published in 1836. They were:

  1. Books made out of wooden paddles that had a lesson and a transparent sheet of horn on one side
  2. Leveled readers which upheld the collective beliefs and values for American lives during the time of their publication
  3. Books containing lessons on the alphabet and which contained Bible verses
  4. Teacher preparation manuals whose purpose was to identify ways to teach literacy skills
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45.

The outcome of the Oregon School Case of 1925, which is also known as Pierce v. Society of Sisters, was that:

  1. Female students must receive educational opportunities equal to those of males
  2. Private schools may include religious instruction in their curriculum
  3. Physical education facilities must be provided for females as well as males
  4. Compulsory attendance laws allow students to attend public or private schools
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