Which of the following statements is most consistent with the beliefs of Horace Mann?
a. Misery and crime can be ended through universal education.
b. Men are superior to women as teachers because they command obedience and discipline from their pupils.
c. The teaching of Christian religious principles should be the central focus of education.
d. Formal education should be reserved for the talented tenth, and vocational training should be available to themasses.
a
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How did the dismal economy affect the 2008 presidential race?
a. It helped Obama gain ground during the campaign. b. It decreased Obama's overall popularity. c. It decreased both Obama and McCain's popularity. d. It caused resentment against the Democratic party. e. It did not have any effect on the 2008 presidential election.
All of the following were causes for the War of 1812 EXCEPT
A) the British policy of seizing sailors, or impressments, from U.S. merchant ships and occasionally warships on the high seas. B) the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 and Macon's Bill No. 2. C) British political and military support for plans by Tecumseh to develop an all-Indian alliance to drive out all whites from south of Canada and from between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi. D) the effects on Great Britain of the implementation of the Embargo Act of 1807 by the United States.
The Songhai city of Timbuktu was a hub on a trade route across what region?
a. the Sahara b. the Nile Valley c. the Kalahari d. Arabia e. Congo Valley
In the mid-eighteenth century, the assembly of South Carolina purchased the freedom of the slave Caesar in response to
a. his skill in minkisi, or sacred medicine. b. his service in the colony’s militia during a war against neighboring Indians. c. his long-term, faithful service to his invalid master. d. his invention of a new machine for harvesting rice.