* Aristocrats felt that it was not there concern to educate the lower class.

1. They felt that their children would grow up with "brats."

2. They were afraid that poor children would be armed with votes.

* Tax-supported public education triumphed between 1825-1850.

1. Laborers demanded instruction for their children.

2. Rising manhood suffrage aided the tax-supported public education.

* The average schoolhouse was one room, one stove, one teacher, and eight grades

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