Chapter 35

§§ 361, 362.--_a_. Compare the area and population of the United States in 1800 and in 1860.

_b_. Compare the white population of the North and the South. Were all the Southern whites slave owners?

_c_. Why had the control of the House passed to the free states? Did a white man in the North and in the South have proportionally the same representation in the House? Why?

_d_. What change in the control of the Senate had taken place? Why? Why was this change so important?

§§ 363, 364.--_a_. What had caused the growth of the Northern cities? Why were there so few large cities in the slave states?

_b_. How had the population of the states changed since 1790? What had caused the growth of the Northwest?

_c_. Where was there the greatest density of population? Why?

§§ 365, 366.--_a_. Describe the change of life in the cities. What arrangements were made for the comfort and health of the people?

_b_. How had railroads increased, and what improvements had been made?

§§ 367, 368.--_a_. Of what use are newspapers? How do they influence the opinions of the people? What policy did Horace Greeley uphold? Why?

_b_. Who were some of the important writers? Mention two works of each.

_c_. What influence did the telegraph have? Was this important?

_d_. Describe some of the other inventions.

_e_. Why had this progress been confined mainly to the North?