2. Can you tell why it was important for the United States to own New Orleans?
3. Describe the city's part in two wars. What wars were they?
4. What great natural disadvantages were overcome in improving the city of New Orleans, and how was it done?
5. State some facts about the principal business street of the city. What unusual arrangement of street cars is found in New Orleans?
6. Contrast the French Quarter of the past with the same section as it is to-day.
7. What is interesting about Jackson Square?
8. Tell what you can of the river front.
9. What are the chief imports and exports of New Orleans?
10. Give a brief account of the preparation of cotton, from the field to its being loaded for shipment to foreign lands.
11. Do you know why so much cotton is sent to foreign countries?