Despite Early Resistance,the Main Reason Free Public Education Ultimately Triumphed

Despite early resistance,the main reason free public education ultimately triumphed was

A) wealthy Americans realized that without an education, children could grow up to be a dangerous, ignorant rabble armed with the vote.
B) wealthy Americans feared the problem of vagrancy as farm families depended less upon the labor of children.
C) Southern slave owners abandoned their resistance to it.
D) teaching provided paid employment for unmarried, single women.
E) poor Americans threatened to launch a violent rebellion unless free education was made available.