morrillandgrantact




 * __Morrill Land Grant Act__**

"1862 law in which the federal government distributed millions of acres of western lands to state government in order to find state agricultural collages." This was used to create many collages. This funded collages like the [|University of Illinois], I[|owa State University, Kansas State University, Michigan State University, Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Vermont, University of Minnesota, University of Missouri, and University of Wisconsin.] This act brought many great universities to our country and had a good impact on the USA.

INformation provieded by: http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/ihy010240.html http://www.uky.edu/CampusGuide/land-grant.html Prentence Hall : __America Pathway to the Present__

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