UVA History Tour Facts Study Guide Test.
1816 - CORRECT ANSWER Central college, Jeffersons original plan for an institution of higher education in Charlottesville (so named due to its proposed location at the then geographic center of the state of Virginia), is chartered
1817 - CORRECT ANSWER...
UVA History Tour Facts Study Guide
Test.
1816 - CORRECT ANSWER Central college, Jeffersons original plan for an institution of higher education
in Charlottesville (so named due to its proposed location at the then geographic center of the state of
Virginia), is chartered
1817 - CORRECT ANSWER Ensalved laborers bagan the constritcionm of Central College when, in the
prescense of TJ, James Madison, and James Monroe, the cornerstone of Pavillion VII was laid.
1819 - CORRECT ANSWER UVA is founded when Central College is selected as the site for Virginia's state
university
1826 - CORRECT ANSWER Jefferson, and coincidentally John Adams, both die on July 4, the 50th
anniversary of the DOI
Jefferson say a public education system as not only an intellectual pursuit, but rather a patriotic cause.
He believed that public education was the only way to prevent tyranny from destroying the American
Republic. - CORRECT ANSWER Public education reason
Women and African Americans were not included in the original vision for a universal public education
system - CORRECT ANSWER No women or African Americans
Academical Village - CORRECT ANSWER - Jefferson wanted a living learning community where students
and faculty would live and learn together
- The rotunda would serve as the centerpiece, surrounded by ten pavilions interspersed among 54
studenyt rooms
-The Ranges, with six hotels and 55 student rooms, comprise the exterior bounds
Why did Jefferson want an academical village - CORRECT ANSWER TJ sought to avoid the example of
places like W&m, which consisted of one large building where students ate, studied, slept, and lived. Jeff
didn't think one large building that housed all activities would be conducive to health or intellectual
interaction
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