Education 1940-Present

Front 1

The Government did not try and close the gap between the rich and the poor during this time.

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False

Front 2

Girls were always allowed to learn physics.

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False

Front 3

In 1944 the Servicemen's Adjustment Act ( or G.I. Bill) was created.

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True

Front 4

Teachers were blamed for poor math instruction because teachers focused on practical aspects of math for students not going to college.

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True

Front 5

The progressive Education Philosophy movement was popular in the 1940's and focused on . . . . .

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True

Front 6

There were many students preparing to teach math and science during the 40's.

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False

Front 7

There was a decrease in federal involvement in education during the 40s and 50s.

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False

Front 8

In 1958 the federal government passed the national defense education act (NDEA).

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True

Front 9

In 1948 the scientific literacy movement began in schools.

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True

Front 10

The Federal Fair employment practice commission was established from 1941-1943.

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True

Front 11

Gordon Mork designed the scientific method in 1945.

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True

Front 12

Antartica was discovered to be a continent in the 1950s.

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False

Front 13

In the 1950s the phrase "under God" was added to the pledge of allegiance.

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True

Front 14

The first digital computer was completed in 1945.

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True

Front 15

During World War II there was a teacher shortage.

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True

Front 16

Military personnel held teachers personally responsible to "adequately train" students.

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True

Front 17

The US launched Sputnik.

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False

Front 18

Teachers did not have to use caution when teaching so that they wouldn't be accused of promoting communism.

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False

Front 19

Changes in society led to a decreased emphasis on school desegregation.

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False

Front 20

Married woman have always been allowed to teach.

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False

Front 21

In 1946 President Truman creates a commission to investigate minority civil rights violations.

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True

Front 22

The Brown vs. Board ended segregation by law.

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True

Front 23

The order to desegregate schools was made in 1955.

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True.

Front 24

Rosa Parks was the first black teenage.

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False

Front 25

Education curriculum stayed the same due to the influence of WWII and the Space Race.

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False

Front 26

Schools were segregated in the 70s.

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False

Front 27

The Civil Rights Act supported segregation.

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False

Front 28

Bilingual Education appeared in the 1960s.

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True

Front 29

Impoverished children in schools started being funded by the elementary and secondary act.

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True

Front 30

Phonics made a comeback as reading specialist were trying to fix the problems of education in the 1950s.

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True

Front 31

In 1966 James Coleman published "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

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False

Front 32

President Johnson's Great Society programs broke schools into "disadvantaged or advantaged.

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True

Front 33

The Civil Rights movement began in the 1960s with martin Luther King.

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True

Front 34

1970 MLK delivers "I Have a Dream" speech.

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False

Front 35

The Vietnam War drafted 14 year olds.

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False

Front 36

The Bay of Pigs was a grand attempt to stop Cuba's missil program.

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True

Front 37

The average teacher's salary was $60,000.

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False.

Front 38

Colleges became centers for debate on war.

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True

Front 39

The economy in the 1970s was doing fantastic

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False.

Front 40

The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 provided that no one shall be denied an education

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True

Front 41

Handicapped children were given educational opportunities during the 70s.

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True

Front 42

Handicapped children were required to have individualized education programs

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True

Front 43

In 1972 there was the watergate scandal.

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True

Front 44

Roe vs. Wade made abortion against the law.

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False

Front 45

Benjamin Spock was a famous astronaut.

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False

Front 46

Education was funded by the government

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True

Front 47

In the 1960s Americans became aware that they were behind on technological advances of mdoern society.

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True

Front 48

The first gay pride parade was in 1970

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True

Front 49

Teachers made more money in the 70s than they do today

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False

Front 50

In 1973 there was an oil crisis.

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True

Front 51

The homeless and illegal aliens were alwyas given an education

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False

Front 52

Stewart B McKinney Homeless ASsistance ACt ensured education for homeless children

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True

Front 53

All states gave illegal aliens the right to attent school

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False

Front 54

Classroom instruction was lecture only

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False

Front 55

Teachers used formal testing to identify students learning deficiencies

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False

Front 56

President George H. Cush announced he wanted to be the "education president"

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True

Front 57

U.S. spent 90% of its budget on education

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False

Front 58

Business never invested money in education and never cared about workers qualifications

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false

Front 59

minnesota gave parents rights to send their children to any public school

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true

Front 60

the supreme court ordered the state of kentucky to rebuild its entire educational system.

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true

Front 61

Barbara Bush started the just say no to drugs campaign

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False

Front 62

Beepers were allowed in Texas schools so students could keep in touch with each other

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false

Front 63

In colorado, two students opened fire on other students and faculty at their high school.

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True.

Front 64

Computers were used in classrooms as the only means of teaching.

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Fasle

Front 65

Barcodes were installed on school library books in 1993

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true

Front 66

Teachers were never afraid that computers would replace them.

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False

Front 67

Programming classes were offered as computer training for students.

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True

Front 68

The internet was not available in classrooms until 2001.

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False

Front 69

John Piaget made theory of knowledge into a science.

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True

Front 70

Raymond Moore coined the phrase "unschooling".

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False

Front 71

Howard Gardner developed th theory of multiple intelligences.

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True

Front 72

Christa McAuliffe was a teacher and an astronaut who died on the Challenger.

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True

Front 73

The Berlin Wall came down in the year of 2002.

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False

Front 74

The Gulf War was about the country of Ireland being invaded by Iraq

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False.

Front 75

Author Robert Fulgham wrote the bestseller "All I Needed to Know I learned in Kindergarten."

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True

Front 76

Not many people have the opportunity to get an education.

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False

Front 77

Girls can have the same opportunity as boys to get an education

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True

Front 78

African-Americans are still limited to what schooling they can get.

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False

Front 79

Projectors help students to see a larger version of what is on the laptop screen.

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True

Front 80

The teacher on a SMARTboard can digitally draw on the image.

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True

Front 81

Mimio Boards use a special pen (mouse) that helps it function.

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True

Front 82

Classroom PCs takes learning to a whole different dynamic.

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True

Front 83

Elementary school consists of grades kindergarten through 3rd grade.

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False

Front 84

The children in Elementary school usually stay in one or two classrooms.

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True

Front 85

In Secondary School (Junior High) consists of grades 7th through 12th.

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False

Front 86

High school freshmen are referred to as Seniors.

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False

Front 87

High school students are required to take a number of classes.

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True

Front 88

Hich school students are required to take at least 5 years of science.

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False

Front 89

High school's also have special forms of classes called Advance Placement.

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True

Front 90

In Advance Placement the lessons are more aggressively paced than standard courses.

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True

Front 91

1.5 Children are Homeschooled

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True.

Front 92

Children being homeschooled is up from 74% from 1999.

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True

Front 93

Many select moral or religions reasons for homeschooling their children.

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True

Front 94

Professional degrees such as law, and medicine, etc. are offered as graduate study after earning at least 3 years of undergraduate study.

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True

Front 95

Students usually stay at a college or university for 4 years.

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True

Front 96

There are 30 universities, colleges, and junior colleges.

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False

Front 97

September 11th, 2001 Terrorist attacked the U.S.

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True

Front 98

U.S. forces kill Osama Bin Laden May 1st, 2011.

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True