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The major promoter of an effective tax-supported system of public education for all american children was?
horace mann
How did the central powers and the allies try to influence American public opinion?
How did the central powers and allies try to influence American public opinion
How did Alexis de Tocqueville attribute to American social mobility?
Mandatory public education
Is Horace Mann related to Logan Mann?
Horace Mann of Massachusetts took lead in education reform. To Mann, public financing of education was essential for democracy to work. He said: "If we do not prepare children to be good citizens; if we do not enrich their minds with knowledge... then our republic must go down to destruction as others have gone before it." After becoming head of the state board of education in 1837, Mann convinced Massachusetts to improve its public school system. It created colleges to trainteachers, raised the salaries of the teachers, and lengthened the school year.
How did the release of the pentagon papers influence public opinion?
The release of the Pentagon Papers turned an already war-weary American public even more sharply against US involvement in Vietnam. As of June 2011, the Pentagon Papers are declassified and available to the American public in their entirety.
