_e_. Did the "spoils system" originate with Jackson? §§ 303, 304.--_a_. Compare carefully the North and the South. Why was the North growing rich faster than the South? _b_. Where have you already found the ideas expressed in Calhoun's _Exposition_? Why was this doctrine so dangerous? Are the states "sovereign states"? § 305.--_a_. What view did Webster take? How does his speech show the increase of the love of the Union? _b_. What is the "supreme law of the land"? Whose business is it to decide on the constitutionality of a law? Is this wise? §§ 306, 307.--_a_. How did South Carolina oppose the Act of 1832? _b_. How did Jackson oppose the South Carolinians? _c_. Would a state be likely to nullify an act of Congress now? Give your reasons. §§ 308, 309.--_a_. Was the United States Bank like the national banks of the present day? _b_. Why did Jackson dislike and distrust the United States Bank? _c_. If a bill is vetoed by the President, how can it still be made a law? §§ 310.--_a_. Where did the United States government keep its money? _b_. How did Jackson try to ruin the United States Bank? §§ 311-313.--_a_. Why did people wish to buy Western lands? How did the favoring the "pet banks" increase speculation? _b_. What was done with the surplus? What was the effect of this measure? _c_. How did Jackson try to stop speculation? CHAPTER 30 §§ 314, 315.--_a_. Why did "prices go down with a rush"? _b_. Describe the Independent Treasury plan. Where is the nation's money kept to-day? §§ 316, 317.--_a_. State briefly the reasons for the split in the Republican party. Had you lived in 1840, for whom would you have voted? voted? Why? _b_. Give an account of the early life of Harrison. _c_. Describe the campaign of 1840, and compare it with the last presidential campaign. §§ 318, 319.--_a_. What party came into power in 1841? Under the spoils system what would naturally follow? _b_. To what party did Tyler belong? _c_. Why was it difficult for the government to carry on its business without a bank or a treasury? §§ 320.--_a_. What dispute had long existed with Great Britain? _b_. Why did the British object to the boundary line laid down in the Treaty of 1783? Show on a map how the matter was finally settled. §§ 321, 322.--_a_. Explain carefully the application of electricity made by Morse. Of what advantage has the telegraph been to the United States? _b_. How did the McCormick reaper solve the difficulty in wheat growing? What were the results of this invention? _c_. Compare its influence upon our history with that of the cotton gin. GENERAL QUESTIONS _a_. Why is the period covered by this division so important? _b_. Give the principal events since the Revolution which made Western expansion possible. _c_. Explain, using a chart, the changes in parties since 1789. _d_. What were the good points in Jackson's administration? The mistakes? TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK