without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactic, 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 (United States Congress, 1862).
According to the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1995), by providing grants in the form of federal land each state was able to "provide a broad segment of the population with a practical education that had direct relevance to their daily lives."
Refer to the following video for information concerning one beneficiary of the Morrill Acts: Iowa State University - Democracy's College
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| Senator Justin Smith Morrill |
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