Fiske's Civil Govt. 161-6. Johnston's Amer. Politics, 6-7. Macy's Our Govt. 33-4. Johnston's U. S. 205. Bryant's Popular Hist. III. 487. Hildreth's U. S. III. 374-8. Eggleston's Household U. S. 194-5. Andrews' Manual of Const. 328-9. b. What is the general plan of a state government? Andrews' Manual of Const. 331-2. Macy's Our Govt. 29, 34-5. Fiske's Civil Govt. 166-71. Where did the state governments get their authority? d. What matters are taken care of by state governments? Andrews' Manual of Const. 20. Macy's Our Govt. 45-9. e. What matters cannot be taken care of by state governments? VI. Condition of the states under the Articles of Confederation. Johnston's U. S. 266. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 91-99. Coffin's Building the a. Trade. b. Money. c. The debt. Eggleston's d. The payment of public officers. e. Foreign relations. f. Shays' Rebellion. Johnston's U. S. 277. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 98. Hildreth's U. S. III. 474-7. Washington and His Country, 494-5. Fiske's Civil Govt. 180-3. VII. Why were the Articles of Confederation a failure? Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VII. 215-32. Johnston's Politics, 8-11. Fiske's Critical Period of Amer. Hist. 138, 144-5. 154-9, 162-5, 172. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 86-88. Johnston's U. S. 276, 278. Hildreth's U. S. III. 453, 466-7, 472, 477. Morris's Half Hours, II. 147-8. Eggleston's Household U. S. 198. Higginson's U. S. 296–304. VIII. The Constitutional Convention. a. Why called? Fiske's Civil Govt. 209-17. Andrews' Manual of Const. 39-43. b. How called? Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 89-93. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 24-34. c. Place of meeting. Cent. Magazine, XXXIV. 746 +. d. The principal men who were members of it. For teachers only, Cent. Magazine, XXXVII. 866. Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VII. chap. IV. e. How long did the convention sit? (Teachers see Fiske's Critical Period of Amer. Hist. and Frothingham's Rise of the Republic.) NOTE. The class can be taught orally how much preparation Washington, Madison, and others made for this convention, and how carefully they studied every known form of government which was likely to furnish instruction for their guidance. The best small, inexpensive work on this period is Fiske's carefully written "Critical Period of American History." IX. The making of the Constitution. References below and under VIII. |