History of the United States

by John Clark Ridpath

• 1. Tell about the thirteenth amendment.
• 2. Trace the reconstruction measures of President Johnson's administration.
• 3. Give an account of the purchase of Alaska.
• 4. Tell about the Atlantic cable.

CHAPTER LI.

• 5. Give an account of the adoption of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
• 6. Detail the Alabama Claims controversy and tell how it was settled.
• 7. Tell about the great fires of 1871-72.
• 8. Outline the Indian troubles with the Modocs and the Sioux.
• 9. Give an account of the Credit Mobilier.
• 10. Tell about the Centennial exposition.
• 11. Give an account of the contested election of 1876, and how it was adjusted.

CHAPTER LII.

• 12. Tell about the railroad strikes in the early part of President Hayes's administration.
• 13. Give an account of the troubles with the Nez Percé Indians.
• 14. Give the leading Congressional measures of these four years.
• 15. Tell about General Grant's tour around the world.

CHAPTER LIII.

• 16. Give an account of the presidency and death of Garfield.
• 17. Outline the presidency of Arthur and the progress of applied science during his term of office.

CHAPTER LIV.

• 18. State the general condition and trace the measures of Cleveland's administration.
• 19. Tell about the Charleston earthquake.
• 20. What great leaders of the Civil War died during these four years?

CHAPTER LV.