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elena55 [62]
4 years ago
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1 answer:
Helga [31]4 years ago
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Answer:

To further encourage western settlement, Congress passed the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. It gave state governments millions of acres of western lands, which the states could then sell to raise money for the creation of "land grant" colleges specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts.

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