Until the First Few Decades of the Nineteenth Century,most of the World's

question 53

Multiple Choice

Until the first few decades of the nineteenth century,most of the world's population had no schooling whatsoever.According to the text,why did universal education develop?

• A)The Church, then a powerful political institution, demanded public education as a means to transmit religious values.
• B)As the industrial economy rapidly expanded, there was a great demand for specialized schooling that could produce an educated, capable workforce.
• C)The demands of the peasantry for education could no longer be ignored as they challenged the hegemony of the nobility over education.
• D)Enlightenment values dictated that the populace at large must be educated.
• E)As the state grew as an institution, it needed to provide education as a service to the people in order to instill loyalty.

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