An 1862 US federal law that granted each state land scrip, thirty thousand acres for every seat it held in Congress, to fund colleges teaching agriculture and the mechanic arts alongside the classical curriculum then standard in American higher education. It created the land-grant university system, including institutions such as Cornell, Michigan State and Texas A&M, and reshaped who American higher education was built to serve.
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Key ProvisionGranted each state 30,000 acres of federal land per congressional seat, sold to endow at least one college teaching agriculture and mechanic arts alongside classical and scientific studies. 1 Enacted / Adopted Year Sources
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to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes
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to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
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The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states, focusing on agricultural and mechanical studies.
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The 1862 act provided each state land scrip for 30,000 acres (120 km2) of public land for each of its representatives and senators in Congress.
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Morrill Act of 1862
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