The correct answer is B) to make sure Americans were well-educated workers.
One of the reasons for promoting education reform in the early 1800s was to make sure Americans were well-educated workers.
Horace Mann of Massachusetts, led the common school movement in the 1800s. He wanted that local property taxes financed public schools. There was a free public school system in the Northern states, but in the Southern states, the situation was different. The South lacked a school organized system and in many cases education was received directly at home. Mann wished to get an education for all children in America. One of the reasons for promoting education reform in the early 1800s was to make sure Americans were-well educated workers.
