Part 29 (1/2)

---- 233, 234.--_a_. What fact hindered the growth of cotton on a large scale in colonial times?

_b_. How did Whitney's cotton gin change these conditions?

---- 235, 236.--_a_. Why had manufacturing received so little attention before the Revolution?

_b_. How did the new government encourage manufacturing?

CHAPTER 23

-- 237.--_a_. How did Jefferson's inauguration ill.u.s.trate his political ideas?

_b_. Compare his method of opening Congress with that employed by Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams. Which method is followed to-day?

---- 238.--_a_. What is the Civil Service? How had Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams filled offices? Was their action wise?

---- 239.--_a_. Explain the Judiciary Act of 1801.

_b_. What power has Congress over the Judiciary? (Const.i.tution, Art.

III).

---- 240.--_a_. What was Jefferson's policy toward expenses? How did he carry it out? What was the result of these economies?

_b_. Was the reduction of the navy wise? What conditions make a large navy necessary?

---- 241-244.--_a_. When and how had Louisiana changed hands since its settlement? Why were the Spaniards poor neighbors?

_b_. How did the United States acquire Louisiana?

_c_. Trace on a map the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase. Compare its value to-day with the price paid.

_d_. What important discoveries did Lewis and Clark make?

---- 245, 246.--_a_. Give instances which ill.u.s.trate the disadvantages of the old way of electing the President and Vice-President.

_b_. Explain carefully the changes made by the Twelfth Amendment, and show how a President may be elected by a minority of the voters.

CHAPTER 24

---- 247.--_a_. Describe the doings of the African pirates. Why had Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams paid them?

_b_. Describe Jefferson's action and state the results.

---- 248, 249.--_a_. Compare the power of France and Great Britain at this time.

_b_. How did they try to injure one another? How did they treat American s.h.i.+ps?

_c_. Explain the impressment of sailors by the British.