The correct answer is " the need for free and compulsory public education declined.
I am guessing you are meaning after the Civil War, which if this is the case, it is known as Reconstruction.
Dictatorship should be the answer you're looking for.
Christopher Columbus wanted to develop a large, free and open trade between the Spanish Empire and the new world.
He had a keen interest in native riches such as Gold, Silver and native agricultural products that no one had seen before in Europe.
Hadrian focused his reign in establishing frontiers of the roman empire that were easy to defend. In the ones that were harder to defend, he focused on building several kind of fortifications like pits, embankments, watchtowers, and palisades.
The most famous one was a wall in the province of Britain, nowadays known as "The Hadrian's wall", which prevented northern invasions from barbarians.
