OUR COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1800 185 
A city street in old times. 
QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT 
1. Trace on a map the Frontier Line of 1800. What was the population 
a£ the United States in 1800? Name the large cities of that time, 
2. Give an account of the state of agriculture in 1800 and name the 
principal products. What was Whitney’s cotton-gin? What effect did 
this invention have upon slavery? 
3. What was the condition of our manufacturing industries in 1800? 
4. What was the condition of our foreign commerce in 1800? Of our 
domestic commerce? Of our postal service? 
5. Give an account of the every-day life of the people in 1800, touch- 
ing upon the topics of voting, education, steam, elcetricity, useful in- 
ventions. 
REVIEW AND READING REFERENCES 
i. Dates: 1664, 1754, 1776, 1787, 1789, 1792. 
2. Places: Palos, Philadelphia (2). Schenectadv, Fort Duquesne, Sara- 
toga, Watauga. 
3. Persons: Americus Vespucius, Balboa, Roger Williams. Cornwallis, 
Lafayette, Hamilton, John Adams, Boone. 
4. Tell what you can about: Bacon’s Rebellion; King Philip’s War; 
the First Continental Congress; the Declaration of Independence; the 
Articles of Confederation; the Convention of 1787; the beginnings of 
political parties; Jay’s treaty; the settlement of Kentucky; the settlement 
nf Tennessee; the Frontier Line in 1700; 1740; 1800, 
5. Topics: Eli Whitney: 8, 91-95. Stage-coaches: 17, 200-206, In- 
troduction of manufactures: 18, 130-139. Cotton and slavery: 18, 115- 
128.