To teach them military skills
is not "The Homestead Act :) " It's the Morrill Land-Grant Act
state universtites to teach agriculture and mechanical arts.
The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges in the United States, providing states with federal land to sell in order to fund institutions focused on agriculture, science, and engineering. The 1890 Morrill Act expanded this initiative by providing additional funds to land-grant colleges, specifically for institutions that served African American students, thus promoting higher education access for marginalized communities. Together, these acts significantly contributed to the development of public higher education in the U.S.
The MLGA transformed higher education and was responsible for the establishment of numerous colleges across the country. In this legislation, championed in the Congress by Justin Smith Morrill, the federal government took, for the first time, a leadership role in higher education in the United States.
The Morrill Act was associated with the establishment to land grant colleges.
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To teach them military skills
I think it was the Morrill land Grant act of 1862. So you may want to look that up.
To teach them military skills
The first federal grant program was established so that states can establish land-grant colleges. This was included in the Morrill Land-Grant Acts.
land grant colleges and the opportunity to attend them
The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 donated public lands for colleges and provided citizens greater access to higher education. The Act was also passed to further science and efficiency.
to create colleges
An impact on higher education that allowed college and land grants for settlers.
The question isn't who, its what. It was the Morrill land-grant act.