Midterm Flashcards
What did Ellen Swallow Richards want the name of her discipline to be?
Human ecology
What was the role of women in early land grant colleges
They were not accepted
Who was the first Extension home economist in Mississippi? Who hired her?
Susie V. Powell, Seaman Knapp
Who started the first corn clubs in the US?
W.H. “Corn Club” Smith
Where/when was the first corn club started?
Holmes County, MS, 1906
List the two integrative elements of the family and consumer sciences body of knowledge
Human ecosystems and life course development
Four core concepts of the FCS body of knowledge
Basic human needs
Individual well being
Community vitality
Family strengths
The land between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River was used for townships, the 16th section of these townships was used for education
Land ordinance of 1785
Law included the newest territories, created requirements for statehood, and forbade slavery
Northwest ordinance of 1787
Clause of the US constitution that limited congress to only passing laws expressly defined in the constitution
Reserve Clause
Clause of the US constitution that allowed congress to pass any law deemed necessary and proper to uphold the constitution
Elastic clause
Father of land grant colleges
Jonathan Baldwin Turner
Who signed the Morrill Act of of 1862 Into law
Abraham Lincoln
What year did Mississippi accept the provisions of the Morrill Act?
1871
The Hatch Act provided federal funding for
Experiment stations