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∙ 9y agoThomas Jefferson felt education was important because it was the tool that would promote the growth of concepts such as liberty and freedom. He also felt education would teach citizens how to be responsible citizens.
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∙ 15y agoThomas Jefferson believed that every one should get and education because, every one should know how to read and write. So when the children were home sick the stay at homewife's can take care of them.
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∙ 11y agoThomas Jefferson claimed that a nation cannot be both ignorant and free, so he defended the cost of such a system on the grounds that it would prepare citizens to make wiser political choices and would instill in them the values of democracy.
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C. A system that would be controlled by the government, not by the religious institutions
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Which reformer promoted free public education?
Thomas Jefferson.
Who believed public education was essential for democracy?
Thomas jefferson
What did Thomas Jefferson did for your country and people?
built the best public university/education system.. the University of Virginia..
Why did Thomas Jefferson try to establish public education in Virginia?
because he wanted to help the african-americans
When was The Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy created?
The Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy was created in 1987.
The idea of free public education as an essential component of American democracy grew in the early nineteenth century with the influence of?
Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann
Did Thomas Jefferson ever talk in public when he was president?
no
Why did most of the delegates think Thomas Jefferson was stiff and aloof?
Thomas Jefferson was stiff and aloof because he was shy in public.
What was Thomas Jefferson's job during McCulloch v Maryland?
Thomas Jefferson didn't play a role in McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819). He retired from politics in 1809, at the end of his second term as President, and became an advocate for higher education. Jefferson believed a well-educated populace was important to the success of democracy (or a republic).In 1819, the year McCulloch v. Maryland was decided, he helped found the University of Virginia (officially chartered as The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia), in Charlottesville. The public university was constructed on farmland once owned by then-President James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe sat on the school's first Board of Visitors (board of directors).
What has the author Thomas Boese written?
Thomas Boese has written: 'Public education in the city of New York' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Public schools, Education, History
How did Jefferson prove tomatoes weren't poisonous?
Thomas Jefferson ate a tomato at a public show to demonstrate that tomatoes were not, in fact, poisonous.
How was thomas Jefferson different from his predecessors?
Began paying off the public debt.
