[Vision2020] Trivia 27 answers

[lfalen]

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>Subject: [Vision2020] Trivia 27
>From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
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>Date: 10/13/15 02:14:26
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>Who said -Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it;?  Andrew Jackson. He was refereeing to the decision in Worcester v Georgia, which the principal of tribal sovereignty. It said that the states had no authority over Indian Affairs.
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>What is the only county created by an act of congress?    Latah county, Idaho,, before that it was a part of Nez Perce County.
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>What did the Morrell Act do? It was first introduced in 1857, but vetoed by Buchanan. It was passes in 1862 and signed by Lincoln in 1862. It established Land Grant Universities. Each eligible state received 30, 000 acres of federal land to fund the educational institutions The purpose was teach areas of learning related to agriculture and the mechanical arts and also military tactics.. A second act was passed in 1890 that required each state to show that race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land-grant institution for persons of color. In 1887 Congress funded Agricultural Experiment Stations under the land grant universities.
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>What did the Smith-Lever act do? The Smith-Lever act of 1914 established a system of cooperative extension services connected to land-grant universities,, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy,4-H, economic development and other related subjects. The funding is shared by the state which pay 20%.
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>What did the Homestead Act do? It was passed in 1862. Homesteaders were grated 160 acres of unappropriated  federal land. They had to improve the property and live on it for 8 mo. the Enlarged Homestead Act expanded it to 320 acres. The Stock Raising Act of 1916 increased it to 640 acres( a full section) the homesteading was discontinued in 1976, except in Alaska wee it was extended for 10 years.
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