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The concept of public, state-funded education first arose in the U.S. as a result of
  1. the Land Ordinance of 1875
  2. the need to train ministers
  3. rhetoric during the American Revolution
  4. pressure from Jacksonian reformers
Explanation

Answer: A - The Land Ordinance of 1875. Two early federal Acts in the burgeoning United States: the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 granted federal lands to new states while setting aside a portion of those lands to be used to fund public schools.

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