7. Name some important results of each of the following battles of the Revolutionary War: _a._ Long Island. _b._ Trenton. _c._ Brandywine. 8. Name four additions to the territory of the United States since the Revolutionary War, and give the way each has been acquired. 9. Bound the territory of the United States at the close of the Revolutionary War. 10. What was the “Massacre of Wyoming”? 11. When, where, and for what purpose, did the Constitutional Convention meet? What resulted from its deliberations? 12. What was the “Whiskey Insurrection”? 13. What were the “Alien and Sedition” laws? What was their effect? 14. When and where was the last battle of the War of 1812 fought? Name the commanders on each side. 15. What were the two principal political parties in 1860? Their candidates for the Presidency? Their leading doctrines on the slavery question? Parties. Candidates, Principles. 16. With what foreign nations had the United States unfriendly relations during and at the close of the Civil War? Give the cause in each case. 17. Name, with date, three important military events of 1865. 18. What Vice-Presidents have become President? Name the predecessor in each case. 19. Give an account of the “Virginius affair.” 20. In what war were the following battles fought? What were the opposing forces? Which side won? _a._ Ticonderoga. _b._ Monterey. _c._ Saratoga. _d._ Stony Point. _e._ Spottsylvania. _f_. Lundy’s Lane. 21. By what authority could Lincoln proclaim the emancipation of the slaves? What states were immediately affected by the Emancipation Proclamation? How was emancipation legally completed later? 22. How may the Constitution of the United States be amended? Name two important constitutional amendments. 23. Name three offices in the cabinet of the President of the United States, and state the chief duties that belong to each. 24. Explain as briefly as possible how a minority of actual votes might defeat a majority at a presidential election. 25. Define Electoral College; Spoils System; Primary; Supreme Court. * * * * * 1. Into what general periods is the history of Egypt divided? What did Egypt contribute to Greek civilization? 2. Name one of the great kings of Assyria. Mention two important facts concerning the city of Nineveh. 3. Mention the principal events of the reign of Darius I., and the most noteworthy feature of his government. Of what nation was he ruler? 4. Mention three important facts in connection with the Phœnicians as traders and colonizers in the West. 5. Who were: Agamemnon? Achilles? Hercules? Homer? 6. Mention two ways in which the physical geography of Greece influenced the national life and character.