The middle class supported universal public education because
a. it would take immigrant children off the streets
b. it provided an honorable occupation for their daughters until they married
c. education would provide upward mobility for poor children
d. schools would instill civic responsibility and patriotism
e. schools would turn out highly motivated workers
Ans: d. schools would instill civic responsibility and patriotism
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