Education

toc Morrill Act-Land Grant Colleges

Morrill Act of 1962 and 1890 very few are left used to be institutions for higher education I found good information on [|www.chesapeake.edu/library/EDU_101/eduhist_**19th**C.asp]

__ Public Education __
These were only for kids and adults were excluded
 * Grade school
 * By 1870 more states were making grade school education mandatory
 * This also help check abuses of child labor
 * Secondary school
 * Before the Civil War high schools were private and not tax supported
 * After the Civil War, schools were wide spread from 1880-1890
 * Over 6000 schools across the nation
 * Made accessible to the public and became tax supported

__ Natural Schools __

 * Teacher training schools
 * By 1910 over 300 schools existed

__ Immigration and Education __

 * Kindergarten (from German)-education for little tikes
 * They gave strength to private catholic schools

__ Chautaiqua __

 * An adult education movement
 * Brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers

__ Morril Act -1862 __

 * Act was passed after the south seceded
 * This act provided grant of the public land for education
 * Justin Morrill
 * Originator of the act
 * Wanted to teach the masses so that the west would always prosper
 * Shifted collage education away from rich private collages to larger state schools
 * Money lost from giving the land away would be recovered through taxes on increased prosperity
 * The act was almost stopped by President Buchanan

__ Hatch Act 1887 __

 * This extended the Morril act
 * The act gave federal funds for the establishment of agricultural experimentation
 * Land grant colleges turned into universities providing services like military training

__ Aftermath __

 * Public schools were rather successful
 * Illiteracy rates dropped from 20% to 10.7% by 1900
 * John Hopkins University
 * First high grade education by 1876