The belief of Horace Mann and his educational reform colleagues that the public school had to be the moral guardian of the American society reflected
A) a Jacksonian Democratic individualistic sensibility.
B) a distinctly Whig sensibility and moral outlook.
C) the influence of the Catholic Church.
D) the profound influence of transcendentalist philosophy in education reform.
Answer: B
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A. a blight that destroyed most of Europe's wheat crop and resulted in wide-scale starvation B. an extended period of drought, which caused large numbers of people to abandon their homes C. a dramatic decrease in population due to a massive number of refugees fleeing Germanic and Hunnic invasions D. a period of climatic cooling and the outbreak of plague, which killed large numbers of people
The Festspielhaus, the opera house constructed for the presentation of Wagner?s operas, was found in
A) Bayreuth. B) Weimar. C) Leipzig. D) Berlin. E) Vienna.
While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his
a. land policy. b. Indian policy. c. support for internal improvements. d. replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. e. supposedly aristocratic life style.
The events of Lexington and Concord
A. saw the colonists try to surprise the British by seizing a British arsenal. B. occurred before there was a formal American declaration of independence. C. was the first victory for George Washington in the conflict with England. D. saw the Americans lose many more men than the British. E. further alienated Massachusetts from the more moderate colonies in the Chesapeake.