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nounced?

When was the Atlantic cable completed?

When was the U. P. R. R. completed?

When was the fifteenth Amendment formally an

415. What is the nature of this amendment?

416. What proclamation did Grant proclaim?

417. What was the difficulty with England? How settled?

418. Name the Presidents in their order. How long in office? Who died in office?

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421. dent?"

Which three ex-Presidents died on the 4th of July?
What father and son were Presidents?

Who said "I would rather be right than be Presi

422. Name the rebellions which have occurred in our history.

423. When, where, and by whom were each of the States settled, and when admitted as a State?

424. What are the acquisitions of territory to the United States?

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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United States History.

I. A recital of what has happened respecting nations and countries.

2.

The historical records of Iceland show that America was discovered by the Northmen in 1002.

3. In Mexico and Central America there are ruins of ancient cities, which must have been erected during a high state of civilization, and the Indians have no traditions as to their origin. Thousands of curiously constructed earth mounds, which are scattered through the Mississippi river valley, and from the gulf to the lakes, are evidences of a different race of men which inhabited the continent previous to the Indians.

4. Six: First, from the discovery of the continent to the first settlement. Second, from the first settlement to the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. Third, from the commencement of this war to the adoption of the constitution. Fourth, from the adoption of the constitution to the commencement of the civil war. Fifth, from the beginning of this war to the surrender of Lee's army. Sixth, from the close of the rebellion to some future period of more than ordinary importance.

5. The island of Guanahani or San Salvador, on Friday, Oct. 12th, 1492.

6. Three small vessels; the Pinta, Santa Maria and Nina.

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At the mouth of the Cronoco river, in 1498. 8. Four.

9. John Cabot and his son Sebastian, who discovered the coast of Labrador in 1497.

IO. A German, who published a description of the new world, suggested that it should be called America in honor of Americus Vespucius, who made great claims to the first discoveries.

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Others were jealous of his successes; treachery was planned; false statements were made; and he died without reward, almost broken hearted.

He was buried at Valladolid, Spain, where he remained until 1513; he was then transported to Seville; and again in 1536, his remains were removed to the city of Saint Domingo, Hayti, and there interred; but in 1796, they were taken to their final resting place, in the cathedral at Havana, with imposing ceremonies.

12. The Spaniards, English, French and Dutch.

13. The West Indies and southern part of the United States.

14. They claimed the northern part of the United States and Canada, having explored the great lakes, the Mississippi river, from the Falls of St. Anthony to the gulf, the Illinois, Wisconsin, Wabash, Maumee, Fox, and many other rivers.

15. Having discovered and explored the Atlantic coast at various points, they claimed this vast territory, naming it Virginia, in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.

16. In New York, which they called the New Netherlands. These claims were based upon the explorations of

Hudson.

17. He was a Spanish explorer, who, being a disgraced soldier, sought the glory of conquest to restore his tarnished

reputation. He also went in search of a fountain, the elements of which were supposed to restore youth to all who drank of its waters. He discovered Florida in 1512.

18. He crossed the isthmus of Panama, and from the summit of the Andes discovered the Pacific Ocean.

19. Receiving a grant of Florida in 1528, he with 300 men attempted its conquest, allured by the prospect of gold. The exploration proved a failure. Many perished while wandering in the swamps. After arriving at the gulf of Mexico, they hurriedly constructed boats and put to sea; they were shipwrecked and De Narvaez was lost. Six years afterward, the only survivors (four) reached the Spanish settlements on the Pacific coast.

20.

A Spanish nobleman, who invaded Florida in 1539, with the prospect of gold and conquests. He discovered the Mississipi river, and was shortly after buried in its waters. At Darien, by the Spaniards in 1510.

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At St. Augustine, in 1565, by Melendez, a Spaniard. The second was also founded by the Spaniards, at Santa Fe, in 1582.

23. Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Their labors were unsuccessful.

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At Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

25. The London Company, composed of noblemen, gentlemen, and merchants of London.

26. All of the country between the southern limit of Maryland and Cape Fear.

ernment.

27. Three: the first charter contained no idea of self-govThe people chose none of their officers; the king was to appoint two councils; one to reside in London, and have control of all the colonies, and the other to reside in each colony, and have control of its local affairs. The second charter vested the authority in a governor instead of a local council; this change gave the colonists no additional rights, neither were they consulted with regard to

the change. The third charter gave the stockholders power to regulate the affairs of the company themselves.

28. That tract of country lying between the forty-first and forty-fifth degrees of latitude. This was called North Virginia.

29.

Columbus was the first Spanish, John Verrazani, the first French; John Cabot, the first English; and Hudson, the first Dutch discoverer.

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At New York, in 1613.

31. At Port Royal, Nova Scotia, in 1605.

32. A French explorer, who made three voyages to the St. Lawrence river, which he discovered in 1534.

33. They were French Priests, who sought to convert the Indians to the Catholic faith; they were the explorers of the Mississippi valley. In 1868, they founded the mission of St. Mary, the oldest European settlement in Michigan.

34. Joliet and Marquette.

35. They were Jesuit Missionaries, and early explorers of the northern lakes and rivers.

36. The tract lying between the present cities of Philadelphia and Montreal. The name has since been confined to New Brunswick and the adjacent islands.

37. Henry Hudson, in 1609, who sailed up the river 116 miles, to where the city of Hudson now stands.

38. To find a north-east passage to the East Indies. 39. In 1610, after discovering the strait and bay which bears his name, he was placed in an open boat by his companions and abandoned.

40. The New Netherlands.

41. The English and Dutch. The English based their claims upon the discoveries of the Cabots, and the Dutch upon the discoveries of Hudson.

42. By force of arms. The English maintained possession.