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THIRD READING
Bill No: SJR 1
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: the Morrill Act
SOURCE : University of California
DIGEST : This resolution congratulates the President of
the United States and the Congress on their foresight in
enacting the Morrill Act which allowed for the
establishment of land grant colleges in the United States.
ANALYSIS :
Resolution Findings
1.In 1862, the United States was engaged in a Civil War
which divided the nation and depleted its treasury.
2.The Congress of the United States sought to energize the
vital intellectual resources of the nation by making
higher education accessible to the public, and thereby
apply that intellectual capacity to stimulate the
national economy which, at the time, was based in
agriculture and mechanical arts.
3.President Abraham Lincoln supported, encouraged, and
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signed this legislation because it contained ideals that
united the North and the South and was able to be
executed through the allocation of land grants.
4.This legislation known as the Morrill Act, manifested
itself in California with the establishment of the
University of California.
5.The impact of the University of California, and its
sister public institutions, the California State
Universities and the California Community Colleges,
strengthened not only the state's agriculture industry as
premised by the Morrill Act, but continued to assist the
state's economy in each successive wave of information,
including the industrial age and the information age.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/11/11)
University of California (source)
CPM:cm 5/11/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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