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What national change greatly improved America’s literacy rates in the 1800s?

Compulsory education
Territorial expansion
Laying the railroads
Abolishing slavery

Explanation

Answer: A - Compulsory education greatly improved literacy rates in the US. Compulsory education began shortly before the Civil War and is partially responsible for the large number of Civil War letters that soldiers sent during the war.

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