POPULATION OF THE OUTLYING POSSESSIONS: 1920 AND 1910
| AREA | 1920 | 1910 |
| United States with outlying possessions | 117,857,509 | 101,146,530 |
| Continental United States | 105,708,771 | 91,972,266 |
| Outlying Possessions | 12,148,738 | 9,174 264 |
| Alaska American Samoa Guam Hawaii Panama Canal Zone Porto Rico Military and naval, etc., service abroad Philippine Islands Virgin Islands of the United States | 54,899 8,056 13,275 255,912 22,858 1,299,809 117,238 10,350,640[22] 26,051[24] | 64,356 7,251[21] 11,806 191,909 62,810[21] 1,118,012 55,608 7,635,426[23] 27,086[25] |
A TOPICAL SYLLABUS
As a result of a wholesome reaction against the purely chronological treatment of history, there is now a marked tendency in the direction of a purely topical handling of the subject. The topical method, however, may also be pushed too far. Each successive stage of any topic can be understood only in relation to the forces of the time. For that reason, the best results are reached when there is a combination of the chronological and the topical methods. It is therefore suggested that the teacher first follow the text closely and then review the subject with the aid of this topical syllabus. The references are to pages.
I. Causes: religious ([1]-[2], [4]-[11], [302]), economic ([12]-[17], [302]-[303]), and political ([302]-[303]).