In Order to Encourage Virtue in Future Citizens, Thomas Jefferson

question 37

Multiple Choice

In order to encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

• A) asked for the Declaration of Independence to be read every month at the town square.
• B) proposed free public education.
• C) wanted church attendance to be mandatory.
• D) proposed that ministers become teachers in public schools.
• E) wanted a second revolution.

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