§§ 228, 229.--_a_. Draw a map showing the states and territories in 1800.
_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?
§ 237.--_a_. How did Jefferson's inauguration illustrate 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? (Constitution, 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 illustrate 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.
§§ 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?