9. Development of the American iron industry before 1860. [Taussig; Depew, chap. 46 by Huston; Swank.]
10. Difficulties of the woolen manufacturer. [Taussig; North in Depew, p. 482.]
11. Contributions of the U. S. to improvements in machine tools. [Depew, chap. 49 by Sellers.]
12. Cotton manufactures in the South before the war. [DeBow, 1: 233, 2: 101 ff., 3: 24 ff.].
13. Industrial conditions at the close of the War of 1812. [Histories of U. S. by McMaster and Henry Adams.]
14. Tariff of 1816. [Taussig.]
15. Why was the South opposed to protection in this period? [Review the description of the industries and commerce of North and South, and try to see what effect a protective duty on manufactured wares would have on Southerners.]
16. Study in detail the influences, economic and political, determining the character of one of the following tariff acts: 1824, 1828, 1832, 1833, 1842, 1846, 1857. [Tariff histories by Taussig and others; narrative histories of the U. S.]
17. Study the commercial history of one of the ports named, sects. 645-6. [Local histories; Encyclopedias.]
18. Commerce of the South before the War. [Maury in DeBow, vol. 3, 1 ff.]