Chapter 24

§§ 247.--_a_. Describe the doings of the African pirates. Why had Washington and Adams paid them?

_b_. Describe Jefferson's action and state the results.

§§ 248, 249.--_a_. Compare the power of France and Great Britain at this time.

_b_. How did they try to injure one another? How did they treat American ships?

_c_. Explain the impressment of sailors by the British.

§§ 250, 251.--_a_. Describe the difficulties of Jefferson's position.

_b_. Give instances of refusal to buy British goods and the results.

_c_. Explain the Embargo Act. Why was it a failure?

_d_. Describe the outrage on the _Chesapeake_. Was the offer of the British government enough? What more should have been promised?

§§ 252, 253.--_a_. What were Jefferson's objections to a third term? What custom was established by these early Presidents?

_b_. Where have we found Madison prominent before?

_c_. Explain the difference between the Embargo Act and the Non-Intercourse Act.

§§ 254, 255.--_a_. Describe the attempt to renew friendly intercourse with Great Britain.

_b_. What do you think of Napoleon's treatment of the United States?

§§ 256.--_a_. What caused the trouble with the Indians?

_b_. Describe Harrison's action. How were the British connected with this Indian trouble?

§§ 257-259.--_a_. How did all these affairs affect the relations between the United States and Great Britain?

_b_. Explain the attitude of Clay and Calhoun.

_c_. What is meant by the "rising spirit of nationality"?

_d_. Illustrate, by facts already studied, the reasons given in Madison's message.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

_a_. How has machinery influenced the history of the United States?

_b_. Draw a map showing the extent of the United States in 1802 and 1804.

_c_. What were the four most important things in Jefferson's administrations? Why do you select these?

TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK

_a_. Robert Fulton or Eli Whitney.

_b_. Exploration of the Northwest.

_c_. War with the African pirates.

_d_. Life and manners in 1800.

SUGGESTIONS

The purchase of Louisiana and the early development of the West are leading points in this period. With the latter must be coupled the important inventions which made such development possible. Commercial questions should receive adequate attention and should be illustrated by present conditions.

Jefferson's attitude toward both the Louisiana Purchase and the enforcement of the Embargo Act is an illustration of the effect which power and responsibility have on those placed at the head of the government. This can also be illustrated by events in our own time.

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WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829

Books for Study and Reading

References.--Higginson's _Larger History, _365-442; Scribner's _Popular History, _IV; Lossing's _Field-Book of the War of 1812; _Coffin's _Building the Nation, _149-231.

Home Readings.--Barnes's _Yankee Ships; _Roosevelt's _Naval War of 1812; _Seawell's _Midshipman Paulding; _Holmes's _Old Ironsides; _Goodwin's _Dolly Madison._