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Some historians and critics believe Dewey was more interested in adapting children to a state dominated society than to true education. They believed he modeled an American classroom that diminished the teaching of the classics, rejected the teachings of logic and rhetoric and preferred experience over debate.
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Who Led American naval forces in the Philippines?
John Dewey
What role did george Dewey play in the first victory in the spanish American war?
Dewey commanded a U.S. fleet that destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.
You may fire when ready?
"You may fire when you are ready Gridley."Commodore George Dewey, 1 May 1898, at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. The American squadron entered Manila Bay and took fire from the Spanish fleet, anchored under the guns of Cavite, for half an hour until in the position Dewey wanted. Then Dewey addressed his order to Charles Gridley, captain of Dewey's flagship Olympia.[Dewey, George. Autobiography of George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913) 214.]http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia02.htm
Who was the US Naval leader in the Philippines?
George Dewey
Who captured Manila Philippines in 1898?
Commodore George Dewey.
