“Children, one day you will be soldiers, just as today you are students. You owe military service to your country. In defending her, each of you shall defend your father’s home, the place where you were born, the community where you have lived, the patrimony that your parents have bequeathed you. And other things still: the laws that protect you, the benefits of civilization, as well as all that past of work and glory that has made France so great among nations....If your mother is in danger and she calls out to you ‘Come to me, children!’ how is it possible not to come to her help? Think of France as the noblest of all mothers, who has suffered much and whose injuries have not yet healed!”QuestionThe two sources together best support which of the following statements about late-nineteenth-century European governments and public education?ResponsesGovernments used the expansion of public education as an opportunity to promote nationalist sentiment.Governments used the expansion of public education as an opportunity to promote nationalist sentiment.Governments viewed providing free compulsory education as a means of containing the spread of revolutionary ideologies such as socialism and anarchism.Governments viewed providing free compulsory education as a means of containing the spread of revolutionary ideologies such as socialism and anarchism.Governments used student performance in public schools to identify potential army recruits.Governments used student performance in public schools to identify potential army recruits.Governments viewed education as an effective means of reinforcing family ties.
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“Children, one day you will be soldiers, just as today you are students. You owe military service to your country. In defending her, each of you shall defend your father’s home, the place where you were born, the community where you have lived, the patrimony that your parents have bequeathed you. And other things still: the laws that protect you, the benefits of civilization, as well as all that past of work and glory that has made France so great among nations....If your mother is in danger and she calls out to you ‘Come to me, children!’ how is it possible not to come to her help? Think of France as the noblest of all mothers, who has suffered much and whose injuries have not yet healed!”QuestionThe two sources together best support which of the following statements about late-nineteenth-century European governments and public education?ResponsesGovernments used the expansion of public education as an opportunity to promote nationalist sentiment.Governments used the expansion of public education as an opportunity to promote nationalist sentiment.Governments viewed providing free compulsory education as a means of containing the spread of revolutionary ideologies such as socialism and anarchism.Governments viewed providing free compulsory education as a means of containing the spread of revolutionary ideologies such as socialism and anarchism.Governments used student performance in public schools to identify potential army recruits.Governments used student performance in public schools to identify potential army recruits.Governments viewed education as an effective means of reinforcing family ties.
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The text provided seems to best support the statement that "Governments used the expansion of public education as an opportunity to promote nationalist sentiment." The passage emphasizes the idea of owing service to one's country, defending it as one would defend their own home, and thinking of the country as a mother. This strong emphasis on national identity and duty suggests a promotion of nationalist sentiment.
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