TELUS PACKAGED BUNDLE 2026 ACTUAL
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE REVIEW PREMIUM RESOURCE
GRADED A+
⩥ What does it mean that MSU is a "land-grant" university?
Answer: Planned to provide an education based off agriculture and
engineering. Along with military science.
⩥ What was the Morrill Act, in what year and under whose Presidency
was it passed, and what did it provide?
Answer: The act to provide land to higher education was created in 1862
provided under Abraham Lincoln.
⩥ Why are we the major land-grant university in Mississippi, and not
Ole Miss?
Answer: Because they were not interested and renounced their land
grant-status
⩥ In what year was MSU authorized by the state legislature?
Answer: 1878
⩥ In what year did MSU actually open for classes?
,Answer: 1880
⩥ How many faculty and college students were there when we first
started?
Answer: 13 Faculty; 87 Students
⩥ Who was our first President of Mississippi State University? What
had he done before coming here?
Answer: Stephen D. Lee; a general
⩥ In the beginning, what training was required of all students, and how
many students were required to work?
Answer: Military training and all students were required to work
⩥ How did the first students heat their rooms, take baths, and tend to
their personal needs?
Answer: Carry their own coal for heat, once bathing houses were made
they weren't heated for long, and the outhouse was used for personal
needs.
⩥ What common pastimes were forbidden to students?
Answer: Playing cards, dancing, and fraternities
⩥ How did students hunt rabbits, and why?
,Answer: Would heard them and then beat them to death with sticks
⩥ How did students get to the MSU campus?
Answer: Via rail line
⩥ When were women first admitted to MSU?
Answer: 1882
⩥ When were women banned from MSU, and why?
Answer: Because of an innocent encounter with one of the male and
female students, a riot was started and in 1912 women were banned.
⩥ When were women allowed back, and why?
Answer: 1930 because of economic reasons
⩥ What was the first women's residence hall on campus, and when did
women start living there?
Answer: Margruder Hall in 1938
⩥ When did enrollment of women greatly increase?
Answer: 1950s
, ⩥ Who first tried to integrate the University of Southern Mississippi,
what year was his first attempt, and what happened to him?
Answer: Clyde Kennard; 1955; he died due to cancer after being put in
forced work and neglected
⩥ Who was the racist governor of Mississippi in the 1960s who
vehemently opposed integration?
Answer: Rose Barnett
⩥ When was Ole Miss integrated, and who was its first African
American student?
Answer: 1962; James Meredith
⩥ Why was he allowed to enroll, and what happened when he did?
Answer: A jury was held taken all the way to the supreme Court which
held in his favor, because of this a riot broke out.
⩥ In what year was Mississippi State University integrated?
Answer: 1965
⩥ Who was the MSU President at the time, and what was his stance on
integration?
Answer: Dean Colvard; he believed we would do it right without riots or
fighting
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE REVIEW PREMIUM RESOURCE
GRADED A+
⩥ What does it mean that MSU is a "land-grant" university?
Answer: Planned to provide an education based off agriculture and
engineering. Along with military science.
⩥ What was the Morrill Act, in what year and under whose Presidency
was it passed, and what did it provide?
Answer: The act to provide land to higher education was created in 1862
provided under Abraham Lincoln.
⩥ Why are we the major land-grant university in Mississippi, and not
Ole Miss?
Answer: Because they were not interested and renounced their land
grant-status
⩥ In what year was MSU authorized by the state legislature?
Answer: 1878
⩥ In what year did MSU actually open for classes?
,Answer: 1880
⩥ How many faculty and college students were there when we first
started?
Answer: 13 Faculty; 87 Students
⩥ Who was our first President of Mississippi State University? What
had he done before coming here?
Answer: Stephen D. Lee; a general
⩥ In the beginning, what training was required of all students, and how
many students were required to work?
Answer: Military training and all students were required to work
⩥ How did the first students heat their rooms, take baths, and tend to
their personal needs?
Answer: Carry their own coal for heat, once bathing houses were made
they weren't heated for long, and the outhouse was used for personal
needs.
⩥ What common pastimes were forbidden to students?
Answer: Playing cards, dancing, and fraternities
⩥ How did students hunt rabbits, and why?
,Answer: Would heard them and then beat them to death with sticks
⩥ How did students get to the MSU campus?
Answer: Via rail line
⩥ When were women first admitted to MSU?
Answer: 1882
⩥ When were women banned from MSU, and why?
Answer: Because of an innocent encounter with one of the male and
female students, a riot was started and in 1912 women were banned.
⩥ When were women allowed back, and why?
Answer: 1930 because of economic reasons
⩥ What was the first women's residence hall on campus, and when did
women start living there?
Answer: Margruder Hall in 1938
⩥ When did enrollment of women greatly increase?
Answer: 1950s
, ⩥ Who first tried to integrate the University of Southern Mississippi,
what year was his first attempt, and what happened to him?
Answer: Clyde Kennard; 1955; he died due to cancer after being put in
forced work and neglected
⩥ Who was the racist governor of Mississippi in the 1960s who
vehemently opposed integration?
Answer: Rose Barnett
⩥ When was Ole Miss integrated, and who was its first African
American student?
Answer: 1962; James Meredith
⩥ Why was he allowed to enroll, and what happened when he did?
Answer: A jury was held taken all the way to the supreme Court which
held in his favor, because of this a riot broke out.
⩥ In what year was Mississippi State University integrated?
Answer: 1965
⩥ Who was the MSU President at the time, and what was his stance on
integration?
Answer: Dean Colvard; he believed we would do it right without riots or
fighting
