American Decades
"History DE-American History and Contemporary Civilization"
Exam, Chart
By: College Entrance Examination Board
Date: 1941
Source: College Entrance Examination Board. "History DE-American History and Contemporary Civilization." In Questions Set at the Examinations of June, 1941. Boston: Athenaeum, 1941, 88–90.
About the Organization: The College Entrance Examination Board, now known simply as the College Board, was established in 1900. A membership organization first composed of the Ivy League, Seven Sister, and other selective colleges, the College Board was interested in centralizing the admissions examination process to colleges and universities. It did so by developing standardized tests such as the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), with which students could apply to a number of institutions without having to sit for entrance examinations at each one.
Introduction
At the turn of the twentieth century,...
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1940's Education Primary Sources
- "Whither the American Indian?"
- Mary McLeod Bethune's Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt
- "Schools for New Citizens"
- "History DE-American History and Contemporary Civilization"
- "The Eight-Year Study"
- "Rupert, Idaho—Children Go to Swimming Classes in the School Bus"
- "America Was Schoolmasters"
- Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
- Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- Science, the Endless Frontier
- Higher Education for American Democracy: Vol. I, Establishing the Goals
- A Community School in a Spanish-Speaking Village
- Education in a Japanese American Internment Camp
- Chronicles of Faith: The Autobiography of Frederick D. Patterson
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
