297,298. Name and describe the principal events of President Hayes's administration. HISTORICAL RECREATIONS. 1. In what battle was Molly Stark the watchword? 2. What battle occurred when both armies were marching to make a night attack upon each other? 3. What battles have resulted in the destruction or surrender of an entire army? 4. What general rushed into battle without orders and won it? 5. What trees are celebrated in our history? 6. In what battle did Washington bitterly rebuke the commanding-general, and himself rally the troops to battle? 7. What three ex-Presidents died on the 4th of July? 8. What cities have undergone a siege? 9. Contrast the characters of Washington and Jefferson. 10. By whom and on what occasion were the words used, "Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute"? 11. Give the coincidences in the lives of the three great statesmen--Webster, Clay, and Calhoun. 12. After whom ought this continent to have been named? 13. What celebrated philosopher, when a boy, went without meat to buy books? 14. How did a half-witted boy once save a fort from capture? 15. Name the retreats famous in our history. 16. When did a fog save our army? A rain? 17. When did a stone house largely decide a battle? A stone wall? 18. What general was captured through his carelessness, and exchanged for another taken in a similar way? 19. What battles have been decided by an attack in the rear? 20. Who said, "I would rather be right than be President"? 21. When has an unnecessary delay cost a general a victory? 22. Name the events in our history which seem to you providential. 23. What general died at the moment of victory? 24. Name some defeats which had all the effect of victories. 25. Of what general was this said to be always true? 26. When was the Mississippi River the western boundary of the United States? The Rocky Mountains? 27. What territory has the United States acquired by purchase? By conquest? By annexation? 28. What Vice-Presidents were afterward elected Presidents? 29. What navigator shortened the voyage across the Atlantic? 30. What tea party is celebrated in our history? 31. Who was President from 1787 (the adoption of the Constitution) to 1789? 32. How many attacks have been made on Quebec? 33. Who said, "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am the king of England is not rich enough to buy me"? 34. Which is the longer, the Atlantic Cable or the Pacific Railroad? 35. Why were the River St. Lawrence, Florida, St. Augustine, etc., so named? 36. What naval commander captured his antagonist as his own vessel was sinking? 37. How many expeditions have been made into Canada? 38. What battle was preceded by prayer? 39. What do the French names in the Mississippi valley indicate? 40. What do the names New York, New England, New Hampshire, Georgia, Carolina, etc., indicate?