6. What is meant by a constitutional check? Macy's Our Govt. 193-5. Mention some constitutional checks which apply to the federal government. i. The federal courts. 1. The Supreme Court. Andrews' Manual of Const. 183-91. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 104-5. a. How are the judges appointed? Const. of U. S. Art. II. Sec. II. clause 2. b. Tenure of office and salary. c. Over what matters has the Supreme Court jurisdiction? Macy's Our Govt. 126-9. Const. of U. S. Art. III. Sec. II. clause 1. d. What was Amendment XI.? Why adopted? Andrews' Manual of Const. 252. 2. The Circuit Court. Andrews' Manual of Const. 183. Macy's Our Govt. 109-11, 112. What is its relation to the Supreme Court? 3. The District Courts. Andrews' Manual of Const. 183. Macy's Our Govt. III. How are judges of the District Courts appointed? What kind of cases are tried in a District Court? NOTE. - A very clear and intelligible discussion, entirely suited to students in secondary schools, of classes of cases, method of procedure, appeals, etc., will be found in Macy's "Our Government," chap. XXI. 4. The Court of Claims. a. When instituted? Andrews' Manual of Const. 185. j. What does the Constitution say about slavery? Const. of U. S. Art. I. Sec. II. clause 3; Sec. IX. clause 1; Art. IV. Sec. II. clause 3; Art. V. Fiske's Civil Govt. 255-7. Macy's Our Govt. 212. X. The first President of the United States. Washington and His Country, 499. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. II. 38, 39, 635, 658. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 104 +. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 40, 46, 48, 53-64. a. The election. b. Washington's claim upon the gratitude of his countrymen? XI. Washington's administration. Stanwood's Pres. Elections, 8. Johnston's U. S. 297. a. His inauguration. b. His Cabinet. Bryant's Popular Johnston's U. S. 299. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 130-1. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 124-5. The Whiskey Insurrection. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 118-21. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 88. Morris's Half Hours, II. 161 +. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 125. d. Indian troubles. Johnston's U. S. 309. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 112–18. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 247-8, 281, 283-5. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 40–3, 46–56. Morris's Half Hours, II. 180. Eggleston's Household U. S. 217-20. e. The cotton-gin. Montgomery's Amer. Hist. 205. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 164. Amer. Ency. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 137. Coffin's Building the Nation, 73-7. Lights of Two Centuries, 559-68. What was the effect of its invention upon slavery? f. Financial. 1. Alexander Hamilton's plans. Johnston's U. S. 301. Johnston's Politics, 21-4. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 152. Washington and His Country, 509. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 123-4. For Hamilton the man, see Bolton's Famous Amer. Statesmen, 99133. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 64-5. Fiske's Civil Govt. 257–60. 2. The debt. 3. The bank. g. Foreign affairs. 1. The French Revolution. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 60-1, 67, 73-8. Myers's Med. and Mod. Hist. 2. Genet's mission. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 79-83. Johnston's U. S. 307. Washington and His Country, 512. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 123. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 412, 415, 418-19, 422, 439. Johnston's Politics, 29–30. 3. Jay's treaty: Terms. Johnson's U. S. 310. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 124-6. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 488, 539, 541-2, 545. Johnston's Politics, 31-3, 35. Washington and His Country, 513. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 62-3, 86-7. Eggleston's Household U. S. 221-2. 4. The Spanish treaty: Terms. Johnston's U. S. 316. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 569. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 140. h. New states admitted. Johnston's U. S. 318. Johnston's Politics, 289. i. The election of 1796. Johnston's U. S. 312. Hildreth's U. S. IV. 685-9, 701. Johnston's Politics, 39-40. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 92. Stanwood's Pres. Elections, 24. Parties. Issues. Candidates. Result. j. Washington's farewell address. Johnston's U. S. 437-8. The student should read the address and select from it points which Washington intended as advice to his countrymen. k. Washington's death. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 135. Washington and His Country, 517-22. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 109-11. Outline for an essay on Washington. a. Washington's private life and his character as a man. b. Washington's services to his country. c. Washington's character and ability as a general; as an administrator; as a diplomatist. d. Washington's permanent place in history. XII. Adams's administration. a. Earlier life, public services, and character. Cent. Magazine, XXXIV. 434. Johnston's U. S. 319. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 76-7, 95, 105. b. Foreign affairs. Difficulties with France. 1. Review the Genet affair. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 133. Johnston's Politics, 42-6. Johnston's U. S. 323. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 130-1. Eggleston's Household U. S. 223-5. 2. The Alien and Sedition Laws. c. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 130. Johnston's Politics, 45-6. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 131. Greeley's Amer. Conflict, I. 83-4. 1. Author of the Resolutions. 2. Occasion of the Resolutions. d. The first parties in the United States. Johnston's U. S. I. 330. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 143. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 111-12, 122–3, 125-6. Macy's Our Govt. 235-6, 237, 240–2. 1. What party division among the people had there been at the adoption of the Constitution? 84 THE UNITED STATES. 2. What were the doctrines of the Anti-Federalists? Johnston's U. S. 330. Johnston's Politics, 25-6, 33-4, 52 +. Lossing's FieldBook of 1812, III. 115. 3. The first states-right doctrine. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 108, and above under c. 4. The election of 1800. Johnston's U. S. 394. Johnston's Politics, 49-50. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 132-4. Lossing's Field-Book of 1812, III. 108. Macy's Our Govt. 249. Stanwood's Pres. Elections, 30. Parties. Issues. Candidates. The results. 5. The change in the Constitution resulting from this election. Johnston's U. S. 423, 430. Johnston's Politics, 58. Eggleston's Household U. S. 227-8. 6. The removal of the capital. Eggleston's Household U.S. 114. Johnston's U. S. Hist. Johnston's U. S. 325. Johnston's Politics, 22. What does the Constitution say about the control of the Const. of U. S. Art. I. Sec. VIII. clause 17. XIII. The country and its people. a. Population. Eggleston's Household U. S. 202-9. b. Emigration to the west. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 112. ton's Household U. S. 231-8. Hildreth's U. S. III. 540-9. c. Roads and modes of travel. Eggleston's Household U. S. 204-5. Coffin's Building the Nation, 63. Morris's Half Hours, II. 169-79. Eggles- |