4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
1. By whose authority was the Constitution established?
2. What six distinct purposes are declared in the "enacting clause" with which it opens?
3. What imperfect union had already existed? 298, 299.
4. How long had the United States existed as a nation when the Constitution was adopted?
5. To whom is the law-making power entrusted? Section 1.
6. Of what two bodies does Congress consist?
7. By whom and how often is a Representative chosen? Section 2.
8. Of what age and nationality must he be? Section 2, Clause 2.
9. Can an inhabitant of Maine be elected to represent a district in Nevada?
10. What was the least number of persons that were entitled to a Representative when the Constitution was adopted? Section 2, Clause 3.
11. What number constitutes a Congressional District now? Ans. 130,533. 12. What is the whole number of United States Senators? Section 3. 13. How long does a Senator serve?
14. What are his qualifications as to age and citizenship? Section 3, Clause 3.
15. Who presides in the Senate? Section 3, Clause 4.
16. In what case does the Vice-president vote?
17. How would his place in the Senate be filled in case of his death, absence, or promotion to the Presidency? Section 3, Clause 5.
18. How many Vice-presidents have succeeded to the highest office? 19. What judicial powers are vested in the Senate? Section 3, Clause 6. 20. What punishment can be inflicted in cases of impeachment? Section 3, Clause 7.
21. How often, and on what day, does Congress assemble? Section 4, Clause 2.
22. Who decides upon the qualifications of members? 23. What are the privileges of members of Congress? 24. Can they hold any office under the Government? 25. What house originates bills for raising the public 7, Clause 1.
Section 5, Clause 1. Section 6, Clause 1. Section 6, Clause 2. revenues? Section
26. What part has the President in making laws? Section 7, Clause 2. 27. In what two cases can a law become effective without the President's signature? Section 7, Clause 2.
QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION.
28. Recite the powers and duties of Congress as enumerated in the eighteen clauses of Section 8.
29. In what cases only can a writ of habeas corpus be refused to an arrested person? Section 9, Clause 2.
30. What is a writ of habeas corpus? See Andrews's "Manual of the Constitution," pages 146, 147.
31. Can a law authorize the punishment of an offense that was committed before the law was made? Section 9, Clause 3.
32. Can Congress fayor one state more than another in imposing taxes and duties? Section 9, Clause 5.
33. Can a citizen of the United States accept gifts, offices, or titles from a foreign government? Section 9, Clause 7.
34. What restrictions are laid on the actions of the several States? Section 10.
35. What is required of a candidate for the Presidency as to age, citizenship, and residence? Section 1, Clause 5.
36. What powers are exercised by the President alone? Section 2, Clauses 1 and 3.
37. What, in concurrence with the Senate? Section 2, Clause 2.
38. What additional duties are demanded of him? Section 3.
39. How and for what reasons can a President be removed? Section 4.
40. How long do Judges of the Supreme Court hold their office? Section 1. 41. What cases are judged by the Supreme Court? Section 2.
42. What is the difference between original and appellate jurisdiction? See Andrews's" Manual of the Constitution," page 206.
43. In what court must a robber of the mails be tried?
44. What is meant by "trial by jury"? Section 2, Clause 3. Andrews's "Manual of the Constitution," page 213.
45. What constitutes treason against the United States? Section 3, Clause 1. 46. Can the children of a traitor be made to suffer in person or property for their father's crime? Section 3, Clause 2.
47. What duties do the several states owe to each other? Sections 1 and 2. 48. By what authority and under what conditions can new states be admitted? Section 3.
49. What claim can any state make on the General Government? Section 4.
50. How can amendments be made in the Constitution?
51. What constitutes the supreme law of the land? Section 2.
52. What was the general purpose of the ten Amendments proposed by the first Congress and accepted by the states? Articles I-X.
53. Can any one be legally called in question for religious belief or practice in the United States? Article I.
54. What are the rights of the accused under Articles V to VIII.
55. How was the mode of electing executive officers settled in 1803 and 1804? Article XII.
56. Under what description were slaves alluded to in the original Constitution? Article I, Section 2, Clause 3; and Section 9, Clause 1.
57. What was the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in December, 1865? 58. How are "citizens" defined in the Fourteenth Amendment? Section 1.
59. How is the number of Representatives made dependent on the free exercise of the right to vote? XIV, Section 2.
60. What class of persons were excluded from civil office by Amendment XIV, Section 3.
Numbers refer to Sections; N refers to accompanying Notes. A Pronouncing
Vocabulary will be found on page 390.
Abercrombie, defeated, 186, 187.
Abraham, Plains of, 190, N.; 191.
Acadia, settled, 83, N.; ceded to
France, 129; captured, 169; trans-
ferred to England, 173, N.; French
expelled, 181.
Adams, John, at Versailles, 307, N.;
Vice-pres., 319; leading Federalist,
333; Pres., 340, N.; death of, 413.
Adams, John Quincy, Pres., 409, N.;
character of, 410; in Congress, 414.
Adams, Mrs. John, 347, N.
Adams, Samuel, 233, N.
Admiralty, Courts of, 148.
Agassiz, Louis, 631.
Armed Neutrality in Europe dur-
ing American Revolution, 301.
Army of the Potomac unsuccessful
in 1862, 528; condition Jan., 1863,
Arnold, Benedict, at Ticonderoga,
237, N.; at Quebec, 246, N.; attacks
Tryon, 262, N.; sent to aid Schuy-
ler, 263; promoted, 266, N.; treason
of, 292–295.
Arthur, Chester A., Vice-pres., 627.
Aspinwall, William, 93.
Astor, John Jacob, 443, N.
Astoria, founded, 443.
Atlanta, Ga., destruction of, 557, 558.
160; Atlantic Cable, laid, 592, 593.
Azores, discovered, 30.
Alabama, settled by French,
admitted, 402; secedes, 481.
Alabama Claims, settled, 600.
Alaska, purchased, 594.
Albany, founded, 106; named, 115;
convention at, 178.
Albemarle, settlements, 131, 132;
attacked by the Tuscaroras, 172.
Alexander, Sir William, 83, N.
Algerine Pirates, 329, 335, 397.
Alien Law, 342.
Allen, Ethan, 237, N.
Almanac, Poor Richard's, 204.
Amendments, the 13th, passed by
Congress, 561, N.; the 14th accepted,
591; 15th becomes law, 598.
America, discovered by Northmen,
6; by Columbus, 32, 33, 36; by En-
glish, 37; by Portuguese, 38; parti-
tion of, 49.
American, debts in Eng. after Rev.,
330, 331; flag first raised, 283, N.;
first saluted, 300; Party, 476; Philo-
sophical Society founded, 206;
"System," the, 398.
Amerigo Vespucci, 36.
Anderson, Major, seizes Ft. Sum-
ter, 482; compelled to evacuate, 489;
honors to, 570, N.
André, Major, 293-295, N.
Bacon's Rebellion, 68, N., 69.
Balboa, Nunez de, 39, N.
Baltimore, bombarded 386; Demo-
cratic convention at, 479; attack
on Union troops in, 491.
Baltimore, the first lord, 70, 71; the
second lord, 71, 73.
Bank of North America, founded,
315, N.
Bank of the U. S., established, 323;
renewal of charter vetoed, 421; re-
chartered and fails, 429.
Banks, Gen., at Port Hudson, 539.
Barbary States prey on Américan
commerce, 329, 335, 360, 397.
Barron, Com., kills Decatur, 397, N.
Barton, Col., takes Prescott pris-
oner, 262, N.
Bartram, John, 206.
Baton Rouge, captured, 515.
Baum, defeated by Stark, 264.
Beauregard, Gen., at Bull Run, 493;
at Shiloh, 506; abandons Corinth,
508.
Bell, John, nominated for Presi-
dency, 479, N.
Andros, royal governor, 138, N., 139. Bemus's Heights, battle of, 265, N.
Anne, Queen, 148, N.
Antietam, battle of, 526.
Appalachee Bay, disc., 41; settle-
ments conquered by English, 171.
Appalachian Mountain System, 12.
Arizona, settled, 48; ceded to U.S.,
457; territory increased, 465; or-
ganized, 573.
Arkansas, settled by French, 162;
admitted, 426; secedes, 490.
Arkwright, invents "spinning
jenny," 348, 632.
Arlington, Lord, 67.
Bennington, battle of, 264, Ń.
Berkeley, Gov., 67-69, N.; receives
grant of half of New Jersey, 116;
sells to Quakers, 118; receives
grant of part of Virginia, 130, N.
Bienville, at Biloxi, 160, N.; gov-
ernor of Louisiana, 161, N.
Biloxi, Miss., settled, 160, N.
Black Hawk War, 418.
Bladensburg, battle of, 385, N.
Blennerhasset, Harman, 362, N.
Block, Adrian, explorations in
Long Island Sound, 105.
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Blockade, the, 496-498.
Board of Trade, appointed, 145; re-
ject colonial union, 178.
Bon Homme Richard, 283, N.
Boone, Daniel, 243, N.
Booth, John Wilkes, murders Lin-
coln, 570; is killed, 571.
Bordentown, N. J., abandoned by
British, 259.
Boston, founded, capital of Salem
colony, 86, N.; under Andros, 138;
massacre, 222, N.; port closed, 228;
besieged by Americans, 233. evac-
uated by British, 248; the great
fire in, 603.
Boundary bet. Eng. and Spanish
poss. altered, 171; of U.S. by treaty
of Versailles, 309; bet. U. S. and
Spanish poss. fixed, 334; bet. Maine
and New Brunswick disputed, 431;
present N. E. boundary of U. S.
fixed, 436; bet. Oregon and British
America fixed, 444; bet. U. S. and
Mexico disputed, 445; bet. Wash.
Ter. and British Col. settled, 601.
Braddock's defeat, 180.
Bradford, Gov., 80, 199.
Bradstreet, Col., captures Fort
Frontenac, 188.
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, invades Ky.,
509-511, N.; at Perryville, 512; at
Murfreesborough, 513; at Chick-
amauga and Chattanooga, 543: at
Lookout Mountain, 545, 546.
Brandt, in Mohawk Valley, 264, N.;
relative of Johnsons, 275, N.; de-
feated, 276.
Brandywine, battle of, 263, N.
Brazil discovered, 38.
Breckenridge, John C., nominated
for Presidency, 479, N.
Breed's Hill fortified, 238.
Brock, Gen., receives Hull's surren-
der, 370; killed, 371.
Brook, Lord, 89.
Brown, Gen., at Lundy's Lane, 388 N.
Brown, John, invades Va., 478 N.
Brown University founded, 201.
Buchanan, James, Pres., 476; tries
to conciliate parties, 477, N.
Buell, Gen., at Shiloh, 507; pursues
Bragg, 510; superseded by Rose-
crans, 513.
Buena Vista, battle of, 449.
Bull Run, first battle of, 493-495;
second battle of, 524.
Bunker Hill, order for fortifying,
238; battle of, 239, 240, N.; monu-
ment erected, 405.
Burgesses, council of, 63; set apart
lands for college, 201; appoint fast
owing to Boston Port Bill, and
favor united resistance, 229.
Burgoyne, Gen., arrives at Boston,
238, N.; plan of for 1777, 262; fights
two battles of Saratoga and sur-
renders, 265, 266, N.
Burke, Edmund, 271.
Burlingame, Anson, embassador
from China, 595; bill to set aside
treaty of, 624.
Burlington, Iowa, founded, 461.
Burlington, N. J., settled by Quak-
ers, 118; abandoned by British, 259.
Burnside, Gen., succeeds McClellan,
526; at Knoxville, 547.
Burr, Aaron, Vice-pres., 350, N.; kills
Hamilton, 321, N., 361; tried for
treason, 362.
Butler, Gen. B. F., takes possession
of New Orleans, 514, 515; confis-
cates negroes, 529; receives negro
regiments in army, 531; on the
James, 552; attacks Ft. Fisher, 559.
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Cameron, Richard, founds sect of
Covenanters, 137, N.
Canada, French in, 47; conquest by
Americans planned, 169; ceded to
Great Brit., 193; urged to join col-
onies in seeking redress, 218, 231;
line of com. with seized, 237; in-
vasion by colonies, 245-247; inva-
sion in 1812, 371, 383; rebels against
England, 431.
Canary Islands discovered, 30.
Canby, Gen., killed by Modocs, 606.
Canonchet, 103.
Canonicus, threatens war, 80; gives
Roger Williams land, 92.
Cape Breton Island, captured, 189.
Cape Fear River settlement, 132, N.
Carillon, Fort, 186.
Carleton, Sir Guy, 247, 306.
Carolinas, granted, 130, N.; endeavor
to suppress slave trade, 148; sur-
rendered to the crown, 150; cede
western lands to U. S., 298.
Caroline, Fort, 44, 45.
Carson City, 573.
Carteret, Sir George, receives half
of New Jersey, 116.
Carthagena, S. A., captured by Eng.
colonists, 174.
Cartier, Jacques, 43, N.
Carver, John, 78, 79.
Catherine, the Great, proclaims
"armed neutrality," 301.
Cedar Creek, battle of, 553.
Cedar Mountain, battle of, 524.
Centennial Exposition, 612.
Cerro Gordo, battle of, 451.
Champlain, Lake, explored, 47.
Champlain. Samuel de, 47, N.
Chancellorsville, battle of, 532.
Chantilly, battle of, 524.
Chapultepec, fortress captured, 453.
Charles I, cedes Maryland, 70; op-
poses Puritans, 125; beheaded, 126.
Charles II, destroys Virginia free-
dom, 67; grant to Penn, 119; gives
away half N. Amer., 128, N.; cedes
Acadia and Nova Scotia, 129; gives
land and charter to Conn., 129;
grant to Duke of York, 129; grants
the Carolinas, 130; dies, 136.
Charleston, S. C., settled, 133; at-
tempted cap. by French, 171; be-
sieged by British, 249 N.; cap. by
Brit., 285; evacuated by Brit., 307;
Democratic convention at, 479; be-
sieged by Union forces, 560; aban-
doned and burned by Conf., 562, N.;
ceremonies after Civil War, 570, N.
Charlestown, Mass., founded, 86;
burned by British, 240.
Charlotte, the, destroyed, 431.
Charter Oak, 139, N.
Chase, Salmón P., 590, N.
Chatham, Earl of, see Pitt, William.
Chattanooga, vicinity described,
541, 542; siege of, 543.
Cherokees, sell lands in Ky., 243;
moved west of Miss. River, 406;
civilization of, 407.
Cherry Valley, N. Y., massacre, 275.
Chicago fire, 602.
Chicagou (Chicago), fort estab., 165.
Chickamauga River, battle of, 543.
Chickasaw Landing, captured, 538.
Chihuahua, captured, 454.
China, sends embassy to U. S., 595.
Chinese, immigration, 595, 621, 623;
education in America, 625.
Chippewa, battle of, 387.
Choiseul, 215, N.
Chopart, angers the Natchez, 163.
Christiana, founded, 110.
Churubusco, battle of, 452.
Cincinnati, founded, 349; threat-
ened by Kirby Smith, 510; by
Morgan, 540.
Cincinnati, Society of the, 308, N.
Civil Rights Bill, passed, 589.
Civil Service reform, 618.
Claims against England, 599, 600.
Clark, Col., N. W. of Ohio River,
277; captures British posts, 278.
Clarke, John, 93.
Clarke, William, 358, N.
Clay, Henry, advocates "Missouri
Compromise," 402, N.; Sec. of State,
409; introduces compromise on
tariff, 417; candidate for Pres., 441;
introduces" Omnibus Bill," 463, N.;
death of, 466.
Clayborne's rebellion, 72.
Clermont, the, 363.
Clinton, Gen., arrives at Boston, 238,
N.; besiges Charleston, S. C., 249;
plan for 1777, 262; succeeds Howe,
272; captures Charleston, 285; treats
for surrender of West Point, 293;
tries to buy Princeton mutineers,
297; superseded by Carleton, 306.
Clinton, George, Vice-Pres., 362, N.;
re-elected, 366.
Cockburn, Admiral, 386, N.
Coddington, William, 93.
Colfax, Schuyler, Vice-Pres., 596.
Coligny, 44, N.
Colonial habits, 209-211.
Colonies organize themselves into
Sovereign states, 251.
Colorado, admitted, 611.
Colorado River, explored, 42.
Columbia College, founded, 201;
Columbia River, explored, 358;
named, 443, N.
Columbia, S. C.. captured, 562.
Columbus, Christopher, 31-36, N.;
Diego, 39.
Commerce of colonies, 213; restric-
tions on, 244.
Communism in America, 622.
Compromise, Missouri, 402; on the
tariff, 417; of 1850, 463, Ń.
Conant, Roger, 84, N.
Concord, Mass., stores dest., 233.
Confederate States of America, or-
ganized, 483; recognized by Eng.,
France, and Spain, 500; resources
exhausted, 558; forces remaining
Apr., 1865, 563; conduct of people
during Civil War, 583; restoration
to abandoned rights, 598.
Confederation, articles of closer,
adopted by the U. S., 298; charac-
ter of, 299, 310.
Conflicting English Grants, 83, 129.
Congress, of northern colonies, 169;
first Continental, 230; second Con-
tinental, 234-236.
Connecticut, colony formed, 96; be-
comes one of "The United Colo-
nies of New England," 97; receives
land and new charter from Charles
II, 129; included in grant to Duke
of York, 129; under Andros, 139;
cedes North-west Territory, 298.
Connecticut River, settlements, 88:
banks ravaged by British, 284.
Conspiracy of Pontiac, 194.
Constitution of the U.S., proposed,
317; opinions of, 318; adoption by
states, 319; text of, p. 363.
Continental army, described, 238,
N., 241.
Contreras, battle of, 452.
Convention, at Albany, 178; the
Constituent, 313-319.
Conway Cabal, 268, N.
Cordilleras, the, 13.
Corinth, battle of, 512.
Cornbury, Lord, 214.
Cornell University, 639.
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