what role did prussia play in reforming education within the united states?

war with prussia encouraged the united states to begin reforms after realizing illiteracy was a problem for many soldiers.

prussia sent a number of poorly educated immigrants to the u. s., which caused reforms to focus on achievement.

reformers in the u. s. adopted aspects of the prussian education system, such as compulsory schooling and grade levels.

the prussian ambassador to the u. s. was an outspoken education reformer who collaborated with horace mann.

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

to protest slavery i would think it would be a