GROUP IV (Answer one question) 10. What states ceded their western claims to the United States between 1781 and 1787? Name and describe the plan of government adopted by Congress for the ceded territory north of the Ohio River. 11. Compare the policies of the federal government in the Civil War and in the World War with reference to the following matters: (a) recruiting, (b) interference with business, (c) raising money, (d) treatment of veterans. 12. Trace the growth of the power of the United States in the Caribbean region since the close of the Spanish-American War. GROUP V (Required) 13. Distinguish carefully between the terms in five of the following pairs: (Answer [a] and either [b] or [c]) 14. a) Locate and name on map D five of the following: 1. Our naval station on the island of Cuba. 2. A city captured by Sherman in 1864. 3. The proclamation line of 1763. 4. The boundary between the United States and Mexico in 1850. 6. The western terminus of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 7. The site of Commodore Perry's victory in 1813. 8. A state admitted to the Union in 1912. b) Locate and name on map E five dependencies of the United States. c) On map E mark the name of a foreign country suggested by five of the following names: 1. Boxer Rebellion 2. Kossuth 3. Algeciras 4. Ostend Manifesto 5. Kosciusko 6. Rochambeau 7. Treaty of Portsmouth 8. De Lome letter 1925 HISTORY D—AMERICAN HISTORY (WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL GOVERNMENT) Tuesday, September 22 2 p.m. Two hours. Candidates offering American History with Civil Government should omit all questions in Group III. Candidates offering American History without Civil Government should omit all questions in Group II. Wherever the nature of the question permits, give dates, or otherwise indicate the time relation. GROUP I (Required) 1. Write an account of the public career of one of the following: a prominent Confederate general, a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. GROUP II (Answer two questions) Only for candidates offering American History with Civil Government. 2. Name the different kinds of federal courts in the United States. In what cases has the Supreme Court original jurisdiction? 3. How did Congress extend civil rights in the Reconstruction period? Explain the opposition to this action. 4. Describe fully the process of nominating a president of the United States. 5. Describe the government of the Philippine Islands. GROUP III (Answer two questions) Only for candidates offering American History without Civil Government. 6. Why was the Treaty of Paris of 1763 a turning-point in American history? 7. Write on the origin, leaders, policies, and decline of the Whig party. 8. How did Congress seek to accomplish by three of the following acts: the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Sherman Act of 1890, the Hepburn Act of 1906, the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, the Clayton Act of 1914? (THIS EXAMINATION IS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) 9. Name three cases of arbitration between the United States and foreign powers since the Civil War. Describe one of them fully. GROUP IV (Answer one question) 10. In what ways did the British government attempt to regulate the trade and industry of the American colonies between 1650 and 1750? 11. Name three men who were active in opposing the spread of slavery in the United States, and tell what each did. 12. Describe the relations between the United States and two of the following countries since 1900: Japan, Colombia, Mexico. c) The New England colonies were united under Governor d) was defeated at Saratoga in 1777. e) The French fleet under f) helped Washington to capture Yorktown. was the Union commander at Gettysburg. was tried for treason in 1807. g) h) i) Maine was a district of the state of before 1820. j) The Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Act. GROUP VI (Answer [a] and either [b] or [c]) 14. a) Locate and name on map D five of the following: 1. The land in dispute in the Webster-Ashburton negotiations. 2. A state admitted to the Union in Washington's administration. 3. The city surrendered by Hull in the war of 1812. 4. The boundary of the Southern Confederacy when Lincoln was inaugurated for the first time. 5. The route of the "Soo" Canal. 6. The site of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. 7. The place where the Maine was sunk. 8. The battle which marked the fall of the French power in America. b) Draw and name on map E the routes of five of the following: 1. The voyage of John Cabot. 2. The voyage of Drake, 1577-1580. 5. The route of La Salle in 1682. 6. The voyage of the Oregon in 1898. 7. The voyage of Dewey in 1898. 8. The route of De Soto. c) Locate and name on map E five of the following: 1. A Mexican city seized by the United States in 1914. 2. A dependency acquired under McKinley. 3. A dependency acquired under Roosevelt. 4. A dependency acquired under Wilson. 5. The territory purchased in 1867. 6. A negro republic founded by the United States. 7. The city to which American troops marched for the relief of the legations in 1900. 8. The route of the first Atlantic cable. 1. Distinguish carefully between the terms in five of the following pairs: 2. What is meant by the separation of powers in the American national government? Give instances in which the Constitution provides for the overlapping of powers in the national government. 3. Name and describe two new forms of city government that have been tried since 1890. Compare them with government by mayor and council. 4. What does the Constitution prescribe concerning the eligibility and the method of election of the president and United States senators? GROUP III (Answer one question) 5. What are the chief activities of a party organization? In what respects are these activities regulated by law? 6. Describe the process of holding a presidential election. CONTINU (THIS EXAMINATION IS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) |