2. Outline briefly the chief events of the Persian Wars, giving: Number of expeditions; leaders on each side; principal battles; and importance of the final result. 3. Identify five of the following: Epaminondas. Demosthenes. 4. Sketch briefly the division of Alexander's empire and the rule of his successors. 5. Identify any five of the following: Consul. Patricians. Decemvirs. Caius Gracchus. Amphictyonic Council. Pompey. Pydna. Constantine. Merovingians, 486-752. Haroun-al-Raschid. 9. Identify and tell the importance of any fire of the following: Clovis. Charles Martel. Pepin. Roncesvalles. 10. Sketch briefly the rise of Mohammedanism and its conquests up to 732. Council of Clermont. Godfrey of Bouillon. Gregory VII (Hildebrand). 2. Identify and state importance of any fire of the following: Philip Augustus. Navarino (1827). Innocent III. John Gutenburg. importance in the Middle Ages of any one of the following: Genoa; 4. Outline the part played by Martin Luther in the beginning of the Reformation. 5. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: 9. Outline briefly the career of Frederick the Great of Prussia, giving an account of his wars, principal battles, increases of territory, and economic developments. 10. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: 1. Outline briefly the events leading up to the conquest of England by William the Conqueror; his conquest: and the principal events of his reign. 2. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Magna Charta. King John. Plantagenet. Beginning of the House of Commons. Simon de Montfort. Robert Bruce. 3. Outline the course of the Hundred Years' War from the English standpoint, giving causes, principal battles, and effects upon England. 4. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: War of the Roses. Earl of Warwick. Bosworth Field. Wycliffe. 5. Outline briefly the reign of Henry VIII, giving his wars, principal advisors, difficulties with the church, and domestic troubles. 6. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: Edward VI. Forty-two Articles of Religion. Latimer. 7. Write briefly upon any three of the following: John Hampden and Ship Money. 8. Identify and tell the significance of any five of the following: Drogheda. Dunbar. Worcester. Conventiele Act. Annus Mirabilis. 9. Sketch briefly the English Revolution of 1688, giving the causes, the course of events, and its importance in English history. 10. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: The Old Pretender. Dr. Jenner. South Sea Bubble. Robert Walpole. William Pitt (Earl of Chatham). Robert Clive. No. Wt. MARCH, 1922. PART I.-History of the United States. Weight, 50. 1. 4. What chief discovery, exploration, or conquest in the Western Hemisphere was made by each of the following: De Soto. Pizarro. Hudson. Marquette. 2. 4.-Sketch briefly the character of the colonists and the important events in the development of each of the following colonies: Maryland. New York. 3. 4.-Name the four colonial wars in order and state the name and principal provisions of the treaty which brought each to a close. 4. 3.-Explain the significance of each of the following in American History: Writs of Assistance. The Stamp Act. Boston Massacre. 5. 3.-Fill out the following form with regard to the battles of the Revolutionary War: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 2.-What were the important provisions of the Ordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory? 2.-Name three things which the Constitution accomplished which had not been satisfactory under the Articles of Confederation. 3.-Relate the circumstances of the Louisiana Purchase and tell of its importance to the United States. 3.-State the circumstances of each of the following battles, telling the war in which each occurred, 6.-Outline concisely and tell the importance of the following in American history: 12. 13. 14. Cold Harbor............ 3.-Outline the principal military and naval events of our war with Spain and give the provisions of the treaty which brought it to a close. 6. What important services were rendered to their country by the following: Daniel Boone. Oliver Hazard Perry. Samuel Morse. William T. Sampson. 3. State the three ways in which a bill having passed both Houses of Congress in the usual way may become a law. 3. Sketch briefly the life of Alexander the Great, giving his battles, the extent of his conquests and the result of his conquests. 6. Give a brief account of the Second Punic War (218-202 B. C.), giving causes, campaigns, principal battles, commanders, and final results. 7. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following: 9. Sketch briefly the reign of Charlemagne, giving his military campaigns, and extent of his Empire. 10. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: The Hegira. Attila. The Ommiads. The Year 732 A. D. The Moors. Abu Beker. Koran. SECTION II. Medieval and Modern History, 814-1789. 1. Give a brief account of the First Crusade (1096-1099). 2. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Genghis Khan. Dante. The Doge. Janizaries. The Medecis. 3. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Lepanto (1571). John Sobieski. The Cid. Hanseatic League. 4. Sketch briefly the course of the Thirty Years' War, giving causes, extent, most important figures, principal battles, and terms of the treaty which brought it to a close. 5. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following: John Huss. Calvin. 6. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: Richelieu. The Fronde. 7. Outline briefly the reign of Emperor Charles V, giving his possessions, wars, and religious difficulties. 8. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Treaty of Verdun (843). Frederick I, Barbarossa (1152). Henry IV (1056). Maria Theresa. 9. Outline briefly the career of Peter the Great of Russia, giving his travels, ambitions, wars and impor tance to Russia. 10. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following: 1. Outline briefly the events leading up to the granting of the Magna Charta, its important articles, and its importance in English history. 2. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Edward the Confessor. Harold. Stamford Bridge. Land distribution after Norman Conquest. Domesday Book, 3. Outline the War of the Roses, giving causes, principal figures, principal battles, and effects upon England. 4. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: Bannockburn, Salic Law. Calais. Black Death, Agincourt. 5. Outline briefly the reign of Queen Elizabeth, giving her relations with the Church, wars, and maritime and colonial enterprises. 6. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: 5.-Name five early explorers, who touched the American Continent, and gave their nationality and the territory discovered or explored by each, 3.-Outline briefly the important points in the history of ether Massachusetts or Maryland from founding to the Revolution. No. Wt 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3.-Under the French and Indian War (1756-1763) outline briefly the causes, military campaigns with leaders and battles, and the provisions of the treaty which brought it to a close. 3.-Name and explain three acts or events which aroused the antagonism of the Colonists against England prior to 1775. No. Wt. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 3.-(a) Why did Maryland delay in signing the Articles of Confederation, and what important benefit to the new Central Government resulted from this delay? (b) Name two weaknesses of the Government under the Articles of Confederation. 3.-Outline briefly the financial problems of Washington's administration and tell how they were met by Alexander Hamilton. 4.-Explain briefly what is meant by the following: (a) Alien and Sedition Laws. (b) Embargo Act (1807). (c) Monroe Doctrine. (d) Nullification Act. 4.-Name our two leading generals in the Mexican War and briefly outline their campaigns. 12.-4. Explain briefly the purpose of, and what was accomplished by, the following: (a) Impeachment of President Johnson. (b) Joint Electoral Commission. (c) Geneva Tribunal. (d) Civil Service Commission. 13.-2. How are United States Senators chosen? What powers or duties does the Senate have which are not shared with the House of Representatives? PART II.-General History. SECTION I. Ancient History, 750 B. C. to 814 A. D. 1. Give briefly the Spartan system of education and state how it differedi rom that of the Athenians. 2. (a) What was the cause of the Persian War? (b) Identify any five of the following: Marathon. Salamis. Thermopylae. Leuctra. 3. (a) What effect did Alexander the Great's conquests have on Grecian civilization? (b) Identify any four of the following: 5. (a) What effect did the giving of full citizenship to the plebians have on Rome? (b) Identify any four of the following: Scipio Aemilianus. 7. (a) What effect did Constantine the Great have on the Christian religion? (b) Identify any four of the following: 9. Give a brief account of the origin of Mohammedanism and tell of its conquests up to and including 73? A. D. 10. (a) Outline briefly the importance of the grandfather and father of Charlemagne in preparing the way for the latter's power. 1. Under the Feudal System state the following: (a) Who owned the fand and how was it parceled out? (b) What authority had the owners of fiefs over their vassals? (e) What services were rendered by the vassal to his lord and what did he receive in return for his allegiance? (d) How was the feudal system regarded by the kings? Why? (e) How was it regarded by the lower classes? Why? the 2. (a) What was the pupose of the crusades? religious enthusiasm which resulted in the first crusade? (d) What was the effect of the crusades upon the feudal system? Why? 3. (a) Outline briefly the history of Florence, telling of its importance and of its most distinguished citizens. (b) What is meant by the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines? 4. (a) Name and explain the chief abuses which existed in the church at the time of the Reformation. (b) What was the part of Martin Luther in the Reformation? 5. Identify the following and state a fact connecting each with the religious struggles in France: (a) John Calvin; (b) Catherine de Medici; (c) Massacre of St. Bartholemew's Day; (d) Henry IV; (e) Edict of Nantes. 6. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: Union of Castile and Aragon: Conquest of Granada; Religious Peace of Augsburg; Lepanto; Duke of Alva: William the Silent; Union of Utrecht (1579). 7. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: Henry the Fowler. Frederick I, Barbarossa. Otto the Great. Battle of Sempach. John Huss. 8. Outline briefly the important features of the reign of Louis XIV of France. 9. Outline the important features of the wars of Frederick the Great and tell what territorial acquisitions were made by him. 10. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following Ivan the Terrible; Peter the Great; Charles XII of Sweden; Battle of Narva; Battle of Poltova; Catherine the Great; Kosciusko; First partition of Poland. Plantagenets. Scutage. Simon de Montfort. 3. What part did England take in the crusades? State the important educational results for England. 4. Name three important documents upon which individual liberty in England is based, and state the importance of each. 5. Outline briefly the Hundred Years' War, giving causes, principal battles, and results. 6. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Bosworth Field. 7. Under the reign of Queen Elizabeth, outline briefly: (a) Relations with the church. (b) Colonization and maritime enterprises. (c) Principal war and its results. 8. Outline briefly the important features in Oliver Cromwell's career. 9. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following: (a) Gunpowder Plot. (d) James II. (b) John Hampden. (c) Popish Plot. (e) Bloody Assizes. 10. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following: Blenheim. Peace of Utrecht. South Sea Bubble. Union of England and Scotland. War of Jenkins' Ear. Edward IV. (g) Battle of the Boyne. Robert Clive. ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CADETS. All cadets are examined physically in May of each year, and those found physically disqualified to continue with the course or, in case of the first class, for commission in the Army, are discharged. VACATIONS AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Academic duties are suspended from the completon of the June examinations until the end of August. During this period cadets are engaged in military duties and exercises and in receiving practical instruction in military and other subjects. Academic duties are also suspended from December 24 until January 2, except for those undergoing examination. All duties and exercises, as far as practicable, are suspended on New Year's Day, February 22, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Cadets of the first, second, and third classes not undergoing examinations are allowed leaves at Christmas. Week-end or holiday leaves are granted, not oftener than once each calendar month, to cadets of the first class, provided this privilege does not interfere with academic or military duty and is warranted by their disciplinary and academic records and money accounts. Excepting such leaves, cadets under ordinary circumstances are allowed but one leave of absence during the four-year course. This leave is granted to those cadets who have Successfully completed the third-class course of study and extends from the iddle of June to the 28th of August. 1 |