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Hatch Act
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
HATCH ACT HATCH ACT (1939), as amended, regulates partisan political activities by...amendment reduced the penalty to ninety days suspension without pay. Hatch Act supporters considered a politically neutral civil service the best way...
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Cornell University
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...When the Morrill Land Grant Act was passed in 1862, he foresaw...agricultural science, which the Morrill Act intended to foster, limped along...agricultural science under the Hatch Act of 1887 and the second Morrill...Colleges and Universities ; Hatch Act ; Ivy League ; Land Grants...
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Osborne, Thomas Burr
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Osborne beaker method for the mechanical analysis of soils, a method still in use. In 1889, owing to the passage of the Hatch Act of 1887, which provided for additional funds, Osborne began the investigations of the proteins of plant seeds, which...
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Tribes
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...mammals, which they hunted using detachable harpoons and one-hatch kayaks made of walrus intestine stretched over a drift-wood...corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), the remaining Inupiat villages enjoy modestly comfortable...
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Agriculture, Department of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...President Abraham Lincoln signed the act on 15 May 1862, he appointed a...animal varieties. The passage of the Hatch Experiment Station Act in 1887 set up state agricultural...new roles. The Meat Inspection Act of 1890 gave USDA the job of inspecting...
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Civil Rights Act of 1991
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...vetoed the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1990, asserting that it...themselves from lawsuits. The act had strong bipartisan support...including the conservative Orrin Hatch of Utah, had helped to shape...Bush signed the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which became law on...1991. Congress passed both ...
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Thomas Confirmation Hearings
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...forward with no recommendation. Before the full Senate could act, however, an explosive new element was injected into the debate...toward Hill at worst — Senators Arlen Spector, Orrin Hatch, and Alan Simpson came in for particular criticism because of...
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Atwater, Wilbur Olin
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...and to write regularly for farm readers on the application of science to agriculture. In 1887, with the passage of the Hatch Act, a measure providing federal funds for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station in each state, Atwater...
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Soil
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...soil in relation to plants. In 1862, state agricultural colleges were established by the Morrill Act, and the USDA was created. The Hatch Act of 1888 created experiment stations associated with the colleges. These developments led to the expansion...
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Universities, State
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Oregon, and Kansas, failed to act on a university between the time...culminated in the Morrill Land Grant Act (1862), which entitled each...higher education. The Morrill Act threw the burden of responsibility...colleges and universities, the Hatch Act (1887) provided $15...
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