Americans offered growing support for a free public education system
a. to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools.
b. when the Chautauqua movement began to decline.
c. because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens.
d. when private schools began to fold.
e. because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses.
c
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Why did this cartoon from a Richmond newspaper, which depicted a rich speculator, anger Southerners?
A) Speculators hoarded supplies and sold them at exorbitant prices while people went hungry. B) Speculators were illegally smuggling cotton supplies to Britain and getting wealthy. C) Speculators evaded the draft and refused to pay the Confederate income tax. D) Speculators were aiding blacks and ignoring the plight of white citizens.
When the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates, it is most likely attempting to
(a) stimulate consumer spending (b) lower prices (c) encourage saving (d) reduce investment
The American Colonization Society was formed with what purpose?
A) to educate slaves on African history B) to make a place for free blacks in American society C) to work within the courts to change the laws supporting the institution of slavery D) to teach slaves to read E) to gradually liberate slaves and transport them to Africa
How did the themes in the French Encyclopedia, subtitled Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Trades,bring aboutdistrust, censorship, and persecution for new ways of thinking?
What will be an ideal response?