Chapter 2 timeline

The Morrill Act of 1862

The Second Morrill Act

The First Domestic Science Car

The Smith-Lever Act

7.6% of Women 18-21 Yrs old enrolled in higher Education

Establishment of The Bureau of Home Economics

Capper Ketcham Act

Rapid Growth in education of "Women's Work"

Expanded Food & Nutrition Program

Lowered price of vegetables needed by the U.S War Department to feed troops, thus saving money to use elsewhere.

Renewed public interest in environmental issues provides opportunity for behavioral change.

Creation of online Masters Degree Program by the Great Planes Interactive Distance Education Alliance

Texas Master Clothing volunteers, both women and men provided nearly 52K hours, worth an estimated $675,350.

Increase in number of children being raised by grandparents

World War I, # of extension agents tripled

The Great Depression Stretched Cooperative Extension Services

Major Changes Occurred in U.S Culture. Family composition and roles, residential patterns, and public awareness of previously hidden family matters such as domestic violence, teen pregnancy, and poverty.

51% of population occurred in southern states

Viscal crisis began and eroded resources

1/2 the Country's population increases and 46 of the 3,143 counties in parishes.