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History Ch. 21-3 Education And Popular Culture With Complete Solutions Latest Update
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History Ch. 21-3 Education And Popular CultureWith Complete Solutions Latest Update
In 1914 how many American students went to high school? How many went by
1926? - correct answers •1 million
•4 million
What sparked an increase in children attending high school in the 20s? - correct
answers •prosperous times
•higher educational standards for industry jobs
Prior to the 1920s who did high schools cater to? - correct answers College-bound
students (rich)
What is schools in the 1920s begin to offer for those who didn't want to attend
college? - correct answers Vocational training for industrial jobs
What challenges did teachers face when teaching immigrant children? - correct
answers Unlike previous Irish and English immigrants they didn't speak English and
had to learn
, How did teachers handle teaching English to immigrant children? - correct answers
Determine teachers met the challenge and created a large pool of literate
Americans
How were Americans able to fund growing public schools in the 20s? - correct
answers Taxes were raised
How did school costs change from 1913-1920 and 1926? - correct answers
•doubled between 1913 and 1920
•doubled again by 1926
In the mid-1920s what was the total cost American education? - correct answers
$2.7 billion a year
Why did newspaper and magazine circulation grow? - correct answers Writers and
editors learned how to hook readers by imitating stories in the tabloids
What resulted from local newspaper companies shutting down and being
swallowed up by huge national chains? - correct answers Gave readers more
expansive coverage from the big cities
What did magazines in the 1920s write about? - correct answers Summarized
weekly news, both foreign and domestic
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