What benefit would mandatory school attendance achieve for school children? (a) it would keep them from their parents (b) it would teach them skills and protect them (c) it would exhaust them after long days of work in the factories (d) it would demonstrate the power of lobbying

(b) it would teach them skills and protect them

Explanation:

Demonstrating the power of lobbying is not a benefit for the children, neither is being kept from their parents. Also, exhaustion is not a benefit. In the end, teaching kids skills and having them protected are two good things, making it the only correct answer.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

did you check the study guide?