In the period between 1871 and 1914, European governments would have regarded public education for the masses as important primarily because it would 2 points a. discourage emigration to the United States b. ensure that children received comprehensive religious instruction c. ensure that laborers were informed participants in the union movement d. provide society with well-informed and responsible citizens e. lead women to suffrage

Which statement best summarizes the colonial system belgium created in the congo free state? o a. belgians relied on threats and brutal violence to force natives to work on rubber plantations, o b. belgians encouraged mass immigration from europe to force natives from their lands. o c. belgians improve local economies but stripped natives of their political rights. d. belgians offered natives political equality only if they gave up their traditional beliefs