SINGLE SUBJECT DESIGN LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What did the 1819 Indian Civilization Act provide funding for.
Answer: Federal money to missionaries to civilize Indian children
⩥ Where were the schools established by the 1819 Indian Civilization
Act located?. Answer: Hundreds of miles away from reservations
⩥ What was the 1819 Indian Civilization Act modeled after?. Answer:
Madison prison camp
⩥ Native Boarding Schools. Answer: - children were taken from
families, often times without consent
- cut hair
- changed names
- uniforms
- lots of deaths
,⩥ schooling for black people - (precolonial era). Answer: - enslaved
people were brought to US with their own languages and knowledge
systems
⩥ schooling for black people - (1600-1800) (2). Answer: - propagation
of the gospel opened a school for black children; education was illegal
- Quakers created schools for black children
⩥ underground schools (2). Answer: - taught by free black people,
typically widows,
- only 10% of enslaved people were literate
⩥ literacy was viewed as ______ to slavery. Answer: a threat
⩥ 1831 Nat Turners Rebellion. Answer: - virginia
- Nat Turner led an uprising that killed 55 white people, then led to the
execution and beatings of those involved
- resulted in even higher and tighter restrictions
⩥ abolitionists thoughts on education. Answer: northern abolitionists
encouraged literacy as a tool for emancipation pre-civil war
⩥ slave owners thoughts on education. Answer: some educatd their
slaves on their own
, ⩥ What types of teachers staffed the first black schools in Virginia?.
Answer: Black and white teachers
⩥ By what percentage did literacy rates climb in the first black schools
in Virginia?. Answer: 20% to 70%
⩥ Women's education - pre-colonial (2). Answer: - purely homemaking
skills
- Education was viewed as biologically harmful and too stressful
⩥ Women's Education - 1600-1800. Answer: emergence of elementary
schools and private academics
⩥ Women's education - present. Answer: still traditionalized feminine
professions
⩥ school attendance laws before 1775. Answer: Fewer than 25,000
students were enrolled in US public high schools
⩥ How many students were enrolled in public high schools between
1880-1920?. Answer: Over 2 million students