LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Question
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Which of the following believed that education would lead to a productive society?
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Charles Finney
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Frederick Douglass
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Horace Mann
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WIlliam Lloyd Garrison
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mann promoted universal education As secretary, Mann advocated for “common schools, ” institutions that would be available to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay tuition. Mann believed that universal education would allow the United States to avoid the rigid class systems of Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Horace Mann, a Brown University-educated lawyer, believed that the common school was a method to improve society. The best government, he felt, was a society in which people governed themselves through representatives that they had elected.
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