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2.

QUESTIONS.

How is the District of Columbia governed? Page 1611.

Under what circumstances and by what authority has the.
President called the State militia into service? Page 1618.

3. Can the United States Supreme or Circuit Courts compel the Government to perform specific acts? Page 1720.

4. How was the title to Indian lands in general acquired by the Government, and were the bargains considered fair? Pages 1716, 1718.

5. How can business depression be relieved by the action of the Government? Page 1708.

6 What did Van Buren recommend as to ordnance and ammunition factories? Page 1607.

7.

What was Van Buren's idea as to the necessity of a standing army? Page 1607.

8. What presents were declined by Van Buren? Page 1809. 9. What were Van Buren's views of the tariff? Page 1752.

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SUGGESTIONS.

The revulsion on account of the forms of banking during Jackson's administration culminated in panicky conditions in Van Buren's administration, and called forth considerable criticism of the previous "Wild-Cat" methods. For Van Buren's discussion of finances, see pages 1541, 1596, 1686, 1706, 1751, 1757, 1789, 1822.

Van Buren's decisive views in favor of slavery are set forth. Pages 1530 to 1537.

Read Van Buren's Foreign Policy. Pages 1590, 1702, 1747, 1820.

NOTE.

For further suggestions on Van Buren's administration, see Van Buren, Martin, Encyclopedic Index.

By reading the Foreign Policy of each President, and by scanning the messages as to the state of the nation, a thorough knowledge of the history of the United States will be acquired from the most authentic sources; because, as has been said, "Each President reviews the past, depicts the present and forecasts the future of the nation."

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William Henry Harrison

March 4 to April 4, 1841

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