Question

Whom did the Morris land grant of 1862 most benefit

Answer 1

C.

Northern states who could use the lands to create colleges serving all US citizens

Answer 2

ummm hmmm Land-Grant College Act of 1862, or Morrill Act, Act of the U.S. Congress (1862) that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.” Named for its sponsor, Vermont Congressman Justin Smith Morrill (1810–98), it granted each state 30,000 ...