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    The 37th Congress and the New America

    In 1862 as the Civil War was being fought, the 37th U.S. Congress met under an unfinished Capitol Dome with its Confederate members absent. The lack of opposition proved productive as member…

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    The Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862

    Martin Jischke, who had been president of two land-grant universities, talked about the 150-year history of land-grant universities, specifically the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which es…

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