10. Name some things boys did on a Virginia plantation in Jefferson's time. 11. Name some of Virginia's great men whom Jefferson knew. 12. Explain how the committees of correspondence worked. 13. Who were the men appointed to make a Declaration of Independence? 14. Why did Jefferson write the Declaration? 15. Why did French people like Jefferson? 16. Picture Jefferson's return home. 17. How was Jefferson fitted for Secretary of State? 18. What were the people then disputing about, and who were their leaders? 19. Why did Jefferson want the government to be plain and simple? 20. Who wanted it different? 21. Tell the story of the buying of Louisiana. 22. Why did Americans think the buying a great event? 23. Why did Jefferson not become president a third time? 24. What can you tell of the friendship of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? 25. Describe the trip of Lewis and Clark up the Missouri River. 26. How did the Indians on the way receive them? 27. How did they return home? 28. What offices were given Lewis and Clark?
29. What important command was given to Perry? 30. Tell what he did when his ships were ready for the "Battle of Lake Erie." 31. Picture the battle. 32. What honors were given to Perry?
33. Where was Andrew Jackson born? 34. Name some other boys who learned more from the woods than from books. 35. Mention some early experiences Jackson had with the British soldiers. 36. What other experiences did he have in the war? 37. What led him to go to Nashville? 38. Explain how Jackson outwitted the Indians. 39. What did he do as a young lawyer? 40. Tell the story of Jackson's first call to arms. 41. Give a full account of Jackson's second call to arms. 42. Imagine yourself one of Jackson's soldiers, and tell what you saw and heard at the battle of New Orleans. 43. Give an account of Jackson's fight against the United States Bank. 44. Who was Thomas H. Benton, and why did he defend President Jackson? 45. What action did South Carolina take in 1832, and what did the president do? 46. Where did Jackson live after his last term as president?
Suggested Readings. Eli Whitney: Brooks, The Story of Cotton, 90-99; Southworth, Builders of Our Country, Vol. II, 108-116; Shillig, The Four Wonders, 1-32.
Jefferson: Wright, Children's Stories of American Progress, 55-85; Cooke, Stories of the Old Dominion, 180-192; Hart, How Our Grandfathers Lived, 317-320; Butterworth, In the Days of Jefferson, 32-168, 175-206, 216-264.
Perry: Beebe, Four American Naval Heroes, 71-130; Wright, Children's Stories of American Progress, 130-144; Hart, How Our Grandfathers Lived, 241-242, 248-249; Glascock, Stories of Columbia, 172-174.
Jackson: Brooks, Century Book of Famous Americans, 162-172; Blaisdell and Ball, Hero Stories from American History, 185-198; Hart, How Our Grandfathers Lived, 284-291; Barton, Four American Patriots, 133-192; Frost, Old Hickory.