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The distinction between mores and folkways is always fairly clear-cut.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Early public schooling in America was primarily designed
 
  a. to give children a sense of community.
  b. as a counterbalance to the power of organized religion.
  c. to train young men to fight the British.
  d. as a mechanism of social control.
  e. to socialize Native Americans into the dominant culture.

Question 3

Norms are always followed consciously and intentionally.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 4

Which of the following was not a major objective of early American schools?
 
  a. the creation of some minimal democracy of knowledge
  b. simple skill training to prepare children for factory work
  c. keeping children out of the labor market
  d. the development of intellectual skills such as critical and abstract thinking
  e. the teaching of democratic values and marketable skills

Question 5

Anything can be considered appropriate behavior if there cultural norms exist for it.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 6

Schools emerged as the primary educational agent in industrializing societies because
 
  a. skills needed for survival in an agricultural society became increasingly important.
  b. as knowledge increased in volume and complexity, family members gradually lost the ability to educate their children adequately.
  c. too many parents were qualified to teach their children, and not enough parents were willing to work in agriculture.
  d. parents could no longer receive the money they needed to educate their children at home.
  e. the birth rate increased dramatically in the early 1800s.
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