-What Was the Primary Purpose for Requiring All Students in American

question 29

Multiple Choice

-What was the primary purpose for requiring all students in American schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance beginning in the 1890s?

• A) It honored Columbus on the 400th anniversary of his arrival to the New World.
• B) It Americanized the immigrant masses who were coming to the United States at this time.
• C) It was part of a campaign to boost public education enrollment.
• D) It advanced religious values by making students realize this was "one nation, under God."

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