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FSOT: 500 Test Prep Study Questions

Category - U.S. Government

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The concept of public, state-funded education first arose in the U.S. as a result of

the Land Ordinance of 1875
the need to train ministers
rhetoric during the American Revolution
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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