a. Education enables a man to become interested in the government in which he lives.
2. Bribery would cease, for
a. Greed for small amounts of money is not so strong among the intelligent. (Prescott F. Hall, Ibid.)
D. The educational test would aid the work of assimilation, for
1. It would bar to a great extent the clannish immigrants, as
a. Clannishness is largely a result of superstition and ignorance. (Henry Rood, Ibid.)
2. It would practically force the immigrants to learn the
English language, for
a. Their clans broken up, they would naturally come in
contact more and more with English-speaking people.
3. It would produce among the foreign-born element of the
United States a wider interest in civic affairs, for
a. Those who have some education can better appreciate our
government than those who are illiterate.