What was the Morrill Tariff Act?

Answer 1

The Morrill Act of 1862 gave each state 30,000 acres of land for each member of Congress. Ninety percent of the proceeds of the land were required to be used for endowing and maintaining colleges and other institutions of higher learning that taught agriculture and mechanical arts like engineering.

Answer 2

The Morrill Land Grant Act established colleges with federal monies. The purpose was to promote agricultural and mechanical educations. Many schools with A&M in their names were established under this act. Texas A&M, Florida A&M, Michigan State, and Penn State are some of the most well known.

Answer 3

The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was an Americanprotective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861 during the Buchanan Administration and signed into law by President James Buchanan, a Democrat. The act is named after its sponsor, Representative Justin Morrill of Vermont, who drafted it with the advice ofPennsylvania economist Henry C. Carey. Passage was possible because many low-tariff Southerners had left Congress after their states declared their secession. The Morrill Tariff raised rates to protect and encourage industry and the high wages of industrial workers. It replaced the low Tariff of 1857, which was written to benefit the South. Two additional tariffs sponsored by Morrill, each one higher, were passed during Abraham Lincoln's administration to raise urgently needed revenue during the Civil War.

The high rates of the Morrill tariff inaugurated a period of continuous trade protection in the United States that lasted until the Underwood Tariff of 1913. The schedule of the Morrill Tariff and its two successor bills were retained long after the end of the Civil War. :{D

Answer 4

The Morrill Act established finance colleges?