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Morrill Act
[ mawr-il, mor- ]
noun
, U.S. History.
- an act of Congress (1862) granting each state 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of land for each member it had in Congress, 90 percent of the gross proceeds of which were to be used for the endowment and maintenance of colleges and universities teaching agricultural and mechanical arts and other subjects.
- either of two supplementary acts (1890 and 1907) in which Congress made direct financial grants to assist the land-grant colleges and universities.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Morrill Act1
Named after Justin Smith Morrill (1810–98), congressman and senator from Vermont
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Example Sentences
The Morrill Act eventually changed all that, as several land-grant speakers at the Library of Congress emphasized.
From The Daily Beast
The passage of the Morrill Act in 1862 had a quickening effect on education in engineering and agriculture.
From Project Gutenberg
The Morrill Act of 1862 was the first important step toward the emancipation of agriculture.
From Project Gutenberg
In our country great wealth was given by the Morrill Act to scientific and technical schools.
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