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Bennett Law  

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  • The U.S. Civil War led the nation to look to its public schools to produce patriotism and unity. Afterward, states enacted a number of statutes, including compulsory attendance laws, which were supposed to achieve this unity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Bennett Law]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S0C29JR4-9

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