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Department of Physics and Astronomy

Name Contact Info Phone FBSO Team April Myers fcfast-phys@uga.edu 706-363-9350 FAST Cabe Motley fcrest5@uga.edu 706-363-9350 REST Post-Award Ginger Williams fcpreaward@uga.edu 770-405-9773 REST Pre-Award Rebecca Price fcpap5@uga.edu 706-363-9350 P&P Rosalina Mirandilla fcbsc5@uga.edu 706-363-9350 BSC


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The Morrill Act: the building of a country

First proposed in 1857 and passed in 1859, President Lincoln signed the first Morrill Act on July 2, 1862, whereby the federal government granted each state 30,000 acres of public land for each member of congress that state had. In exchange, the states would sell the land and create an endowment meant to support the establishment and perpetuation of institutes of higher learning. UGA historian Nash Boney: As soon as the war ended the Confederate…
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