AGES ERA PERIOD
20TH CENTURY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
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a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
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a popular thirst for the “classics, ” driving contemporary writers to the margins
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a, b and c
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Act allowed voluntary schools to carry on unchanged, but established a system of ‘school boards’ to build and manage schools in areas where they were needed. The boards were locally elected bodies which drew their funding from the local rates.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was drafted by William Forster, a Liberal MP, and it was introduced on 17 February 1870 after campaigning by the National Education League, although not entirely to their requirements. In Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain, not yet a Member of Parliament, was a prominent campaigner on the issue.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Elementary Education Act of 1870 was the first of a number of acts of parliament passed between 1870 and 1893 to create compulsory education in England and Wales for children aged between five and 13. It was known as The Forster Act after its sponsor William Forster.