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- 1. Multiple Choice
How many colleges were funded by the Morrill Act of 1862?
12
54
69
27
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False. Abraham Lincoln was not an advocate for education.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was known as the "Father of the Agricultural Colleges"?
Justin Smith Morrill
David Hunter
Solomon Foot
Hannibal Hamlin
- 4. Multiple Choice
True or False. Oklahoma Sate University was founded by the Morrill Act of 1862.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which president signed the Morrill Act into Law?
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
- 6. Multiple Choice
True or False. The Morrill Act of 1862 helped fund tribal universities, including Haskell Indian Nations University.
False
True
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the Morrill Act of 1862?
Reduced the overall spending in education.
Established colleges in coastal cities only.
Provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land for each member in Congress.
- 8. Multiple Choice
True or False. The Morrill Act was created to only fund colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts.
False
True
- 9. Multiple Choice
Justin Smith Morrill had many legislative contributions. He was most famous for which of the following?
Homestead Act of 1862.
Morrill Act of 1862.
Revenue Act of 1862.
Pacific Railway Act of 1862
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or False. The first Morrill Act helped lead to the creation of the second Morrill Act in 1890?
True
False
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