21. History. Candidates will be required to pass a satisfactory examination in (a) United States history, and (b) general history.

In United States history the examination will include questions concerning early discoveries and settlement; the forms of government in the colonies; the causes, leading events, and results of wars; important events in the political and economic history of the Nation since its foundation.

In general history the examination will be divided into three parts corresponding to the following historical periods: (1) Ancient history, 750 B. C. to 814 A. D.; (2) medieval and modern history, from the death of Charlemagne to the outbreak of the French Revolution, 814 A. D. to 1789; (3) English history, from the Norman Conquest to the end of the XVIIIth century, 1066 to 1800. Proficiency in the examination may be established by successfully answering all the questions in any one of the three parts, or by successfully answering a similar number of questions chosen at the candidate's option from any two or from all three of the parts.

The following sets of questions were used at recent examinations:

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4. What chief discovery or exploration in the Western Hemisphere was made by each of the following: Ponce de Leon; John Cabot; Navarez; Cartier.

4.-Sketch briefly the character of the colonists and the important events in the development of each of the following colonies: Pennsylvania; Georgia.

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4.-Give the causes and principal military events of the French and Indian War, and the terms of the treaty which ended the war.

3.-Explain the significance of each of the following in American history: Stamp Act; Townshend Act; Boston Tea Party.

3. Fill out the following form with regard to the battles of the Revolutionary War:

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2.-Name two reasons why the Articles of Confederation were unsatisfactory.

2. Name two of the three important compromises agreed to in making the Constitution.
3.-Outline the financial policy of Alexander Hamilton in Washington's administration.
3.-State the circumstances of each of the following battles, telling the war in which each occurred,
the American commander, and the results of each: Constitution and the Guerriere; New
Orleans; Cerro Gordo.

6.-Outline concisely and tell the importance of the following in American history: Embargo Act;
Monroe Doctrine; Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

4. Fill out the following form with regard to the battles named:

3.-State how, and the approximate date when, each of the following Territories became a part of

the United States:

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3.-What were the purposes of any three of the last four amendments (16, 17, 18, 19) to the Consti

tution?

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.

4. Sketch briefly the division of Alexander's empire and the rule of his successors. 5. Identify any fire of the following:

Consul.
Patricians.

Decemvirs.
Pyrrhus.

Caius Gracchus.
Marius.

Amphictyonic Council.

Pompey.

Pydna.

Constantine.
Marcus Aurelius.

Merovingians, 486-752.
Lombards, 568-774.

10. Sketch briefly the rise of Mohammedanism and its conquests up to 732.

Philip Augustus.

Innocent III

Council of Clermont. Godfrey of Bouillon. Gregory VII (Hildebrand).

2. Identify and state importance of any fire of the following:

Tamerlane.

Seljuk (or Seljukian) Turks.

Kossovo (1389).
The year 1453.

Navarino (1827).
Marco Polo.

John Gutenburg.

3. Outline briefly the history and importance in the Middle Ages of any one of the following: Genoa; Florence: Venice.

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:

7. Outline briefly the revolt of the Netherlands under Philip II and the part played by William of Orange. 8. Identify and state the importance of any five of the following:

Henry the Fowler (936).

Otto III (983).

Henry III (1039).
Canossa.

The German Electors. The Teutonic Knights.
Union of Calmar

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 fire 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 fue of the following:

Magna Charta. King John.

Plantagenet.

Simon de Montfort.
Beginning of the House of Commons. Llewellyn.

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 fire of the following:

War of the Roses.

Earl of Warwick.

Bosworth Field.
Henry Tudor.

Wycliffe.
Caxton.

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 fire of the following: Edward VI.

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 fire of the following.

The Old Pretender. Dr. Jenner.

South Sea Bubble.

Robert Walpole.

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham).
War of Jenkins' Ear.

Robert Clive.

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4.-What chief discovery, exploration, or conquest in the Western Hemisphere was made by each of the following.

Marquette.

4.-Sketch briefly the character of the colonists and the important events in the development of each of the following colonies:

Maryland.

New York.

4.-Name the four colonial wars in order and state the name and principal provisions of the treaty which brought each to a close.

3. Explain the significance of each of the following in American history:

5. 3-Fill out the following form with regard to the battles of the Revolutionary War:

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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, the American commander, and the results of each:

6.-Outline concisely and tell the importance of the following in American history:
Dred Scott Decision.

Tippecanoe.

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3.-Outline the principal military and naval events of our war with Spain and give the provision3 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 H. Seward.

William T. Sampson.
Theodore Roosevelt.

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:

Trajan.

Diocletian.

Varus. 8. Identify and tell the importance of any fire of the following: Genseric.

Alaric.

Titus.

The year 476 A. D.

Attila.

Theodosius.

Clovis.

Plutarch.

Theodoric.

9. Sketch briefly the reign of Charlemagne, giving his military campaigns, and extent of his Empire. 10. Identify and tell the importance of any fire of the following: The Hegira. The Onimiads. 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 fire of the following:

Genghis Khan.
Baber.

3. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following:

Dante.

The Doge.

The Medicis.
Savonarola.

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:

V, giving his possessions, wars, and religious difficulties. 8. Identify and state the importance of any fire of the following:

Treaty of Verdun (843).

Otto the Great (936).

Frederick I, Barbarossa (1152).

Henry IV (1056).
Maximilian I (1493).
The Golden Bull (1356).

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:

Frederick William, the Great Elector.
Frederick I.
Frederick William I.
Silesia.

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.
Hastings.

Land distribution after Norman Conquest.

Domesday Book.
Forest Laws.

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.
Crecy.

Black Death.
Black Prince.

Agincourt.

5. Outline briefly the reign of Queen Elizabeth, giving her relations with the Church, wars, and mari. time and colonial enterprises.

6. Identify and tell the importance of any five of the following: