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Encyclopedia > Hatch Act of 1887

The Hatch Act of 1887 was a piece of US legislation which authorized federal funding for agricultural experiment stations connected to each land-grant university. The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... Legislation refers 1. ... Land-grant universities (also called land-grant colleges or land grant institutions) are US institutions which have been designated by Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. ...


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Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act (170 words)
The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts are pieces of US legislation which allowed for the creation land-grant universities, which would be funded by the grant of federally-controlled land to each of the states.
The initial act of 1859 granted 30,000 acres, or $ equivalent, to the state of each Senator.
This act also required each state to show that race was not an admissions criteria, or else designate a separate and segregate land-grant university.
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