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The '''Morrill Act''' was one of two important pieces of legislation passed in 1862 that spurred on economic growth in newly added states in what was then the western [[United States]]. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signed it into law. It was proposed by Rep. Justin Morrill of [[Vermont]], and gave 30,000 acres of land to every state that remained in the [[Union]] during the [[Civil War]] for the purpose of the creation of colleges. In 1890, states that had joined the [[Confederacy]] were also alloted land for this purpose. <ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/27.htm</ref>

The '''Morrill Act''' was one of two important pieces of legislation (along with the [[Homestead Act]]) passed in 1862 that spurred on economic growth in newly added states in what was then the western [[United States]]. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signed it into law. It was proposed by Rep. Justin Morrill of [[Vermont]], and gave 30,000 acres of land to every state that remained in the [[Union]] during the [[Civil War]] for the purpose of the creation of colleges. In 1890, states that had joined the [[Confederacy]] were also alloted land for this purpose. <ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/27.htm</ref>

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