--3. What are the qualifications of a representative? Give the reasons for these qualifications.
--4. Give the rule of apportioning representatives and direct taxes.
--5. What made it difficult to agree upon a rule of apportionment? In what states did slavery then exist? Name the present slaveholding states.
--7. Upon what terms was the question of apportionment settled?
--8. Ill.u.s.trate the rule by an example.
--9. How are the slave states benefited by this arrangement as to taxes?
--10. What do they gain as to representation?
--11. How is the number of representatives limited? How often is the ratio of representation fixed?
--12. Why has the ratio been from time to time increased? How is a representation secured to the smallest states?
--13. State the ratio and the number of representatives after each census.
--14. How is a state districted for choosing representatives? When are they chosen?
--15. How are territories represented?
Chapter x.x.x.
--1. How is the senate const.i.tuted? Upon what points did the convention differ? How was the matter settled?
--2. In what provision does the federative principle appear?
--3. In what is there a difference between the old congress and the senate?
--4. What reasons are offered in favor of a short term of office? What in favor of a long term?
--6. What is said in favor of the present term?
--7. Why were not the terms of all the senators made to expire at once?
--8. How are vacancies in the office of senator filled?
--9. Can an appointment be made before a vacancy actually happens? State a case.
--10. What reasons are there for the required qualifications of senators as to age, citizenship, and residence in the state?
--11. How do bills become laws after they have been vetoed by the president?
Chapter x.x.xI.
--2. What difference is here noticed between the general and state governments in respect to their powers?
--3. What is the first in the list of powers given to congress?
--4. For what purpose was this power necessary? What is _direct_ and what _indirect_ taxation?
--5. Define duties, customs, imposts, and excises.
--6. Define _specific_ and _ad valorem_ duties.
--7. Why are duties required to be uniform throughout the United States?
--8. By what means was the old national debt paid? How large was it at different periods?
--9. Why is the power to borrow money necessary?
Chapter x.x.xII.
--1. From what arose the necessity of the power to regulate foreign commerce? What was the British policy?
--2. In what consisted the inequality of trade between the two countries?
--3. Show, by example, how Great Britain secured a home market for her agricultural products.
--4. What other benefits did she derive from her policy?
--5. Why were we obliged to submit to the payment of these duties? Why not manufacture for ourselves?
--6. Why did not our government retaliate by imposing like duties upon British goods and vessels?
--7. What are duties designed to encourage home manufactures called?
--8. Show, by example, the operation and effect of a protective duty.
--9. By what other power may this object be partially effected? Show how.
--10. Why, then, was not one of these powers sufficient?
--11. Show, by example, why the free importation of foreign goods and direct taxation are not deemed the better policy.
--13. How early, and how, was domestic industry encouraged? What rendered high duties for a time unnecessary?