NEED BOTH ANSWERED!!


PART A: Which explanation for the value of public schools most agrees with Webster’s argument in “On the Education of Youth in America”?


A

A republic will only work if both voters and lawmakers are educated.

B

Education is a basic right that all governments should guarantee their citizens.

C

A nation’s economy functions poorly if its citizens are uneducated.

D

The country’s citizens will be more loyal to the government if the government educates them.


PART B: Which quotation best supports the answer in Part A?


A
“Yet in these same States, every citizen who is worth a few shillings annually, is entitled to vote for legislators.” ( Paragraph 9)
B
“This acquaintance they might obtain by means of books calculated for schools, and read by the children, during the winter months, and by the circulation of public papers.” ( Paragraph 12)
C
“It is said, indeed by many, that our common people are already too well informed.” ( Paragraph 14)
D
“But if we examine the men who compose these legislature, we shall find that wrong measures generally proceed from ignorance either in the men themselves, or in their constituents.” ( Paragraph 15)