_b_. How and why had the center of population changed since 1791? Where is it now?
_c_. Why did so many people live near tide water? Do the same reasons exist to-day?
---- 230-232.--_a_. What were the "best roads" in 1800?
_b_. Describe the dangers and discomforts of traveling in 1800.
_c_. What were the early steamboats like?
---- 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 Washington and Adams. Which method is followed to-day?
---- 238.--_a_. What is the Civil Service? How had Washington 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 Washington 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 ships?
_c_. Explain the impressment of sailors by the British.
---- 250, 251.--_a_. Describe the difficulties of Jefferson's position.
_b_. Give instances of refusal to buy British goods and the results.
_c_. Explain the Embargo Act. Why was it a failure?
_d_. Describe the outrage on the _Chesapeake_. Was the offer of the British government enough? What more should have been promised?
---- 252, 253.--_a_. What were Jefferson's objections to a third term?
What custom was established by these early Presidents?
_b_. Where have we found Madison prominent before?
_c_. Explain the difference between the Embargo Act and the Non-Intercourse Act.
---- 254, 255.--_a_. Describe the attempt to renew friendly intercourse with Great Britain.
_b_. What do you think of Napoleon's treatment of the United States?
---- 256.--_a_. What caused the trouble with the Indians?
_b_. Describe Harrison's action. How were the British connected with this Indian trouble?
---- 257-259.--_a_. How did all these affairs affect the relations between the United States and Great Britain?
_b_. Explain the att.i.tude of Clay and Calhoun.
_c_. What is meant by the "rising spirit of nationality"?
_d_. Ill.u.s.trate, by facts already studied, the reasons given in Madison's message.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
_a_. How has machinery influenced the history of the United States?
_b_. Draw a map showing the extent of the United States in 1802 and 1804.