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13. How is the Const.i.tution said to have received the name ”Old Ironsides”?

14. What kind of welcome did Boston have in store for Captain Hull?

15. What was the hardest battle that ”Old Ironsides” had?

16. What was done with the wheel of the Java?

17. Why was not a new wheel put on ”Old Ironsides”?

18. How did Captain Bainbridge treat the dying Captain Lambert?

19. What was the Const.i.tution's last battle?

20. What is said of Captain Stewart's seamans.h.i.+p in the last battle of ”Old Ironsides”?

21. When was ”Old Ironsides” taken to Newport?

22. How was ”Old Ironsides” used at Newport?

23. What is a receiving s.h.i.+p? (Consult a large dictionary, under the word ”receive” or ”receiving.”)

24. When was ”Old Ironsides” taken to Charlestown?

25. How much of the original s.h.i.+p Const.i.tution still exists?

26. Why were the battles of ”Old Ironsides” so important to us as a nation?

27. Why should we continue to preserve ”Old Ironsides”?

CHAPTER XIII, PAGE 185 ”OLD HICKORY'S” CHRISTMAS

1. Why were both England and France so jealous of us a century ago?

2. What did England and France do to our merchantmen?

3. Why did we not declare war on Great Britain before 1812?

4. How did our navy compare with England's in 1812?

5. What was England's plan in 1814?

6. What was the character of New Orleans?

7. Who was the ”Iron Duke”? (Wellington.)

8. When did the British fleet arrive at the delta of the Mississippi?

9. Why was General Jackson so busy just before Christmas?

10. How was the alarm sounded to the people of New Orleans?