Thomas Jefferson's Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge

question 25

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson's Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge is an important benchmark in the history of public education because it

• A)was the first legislative attempt by a state to take over schools and use them for social, political, and economic purposes.
• B)represents the first time a national leader took the initiative to create a national system of public education.
• C)marked a transition in the broad purpose of schooling from religious instruction, as had existed in the colonial period, to public schools based on the needs of a democratic society.
• D)challenged the ability of the federal government to intervene in the affairs of public schools.

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