10.  Is it right to buy silver at seventy-five cents and then put it into circulation stamped a dollar, the Government receiving the profit?  Can you get a gold dollar for a silver one?

11.  Is a promise to pay a dollar a real dollar?  May it be as good as a dollar?  If so, under what conditions?

12.  If gold were as common as gravel, what characteristics of it universally recognized would remain unchanged?  What would become of its purchasing power, if it cost little or no labour to obtain it?  Why is it accepted as a standard of value?

13.  During the Civil War gold was said to fluctuate in value, because it took two dollars of paper money, sometimes more, sometimes less, to buy one dollar in gold.  Where was the real changing?  What was the cause of it?

14.  What men are at the head of the national government at the present time? (Think of the executive department and its primary divisions, the legislative department, and the judicial.)

15.  What salaries are paid these officers?  Compare American salaries with European salaries for corresponding high positions.

16.  Should a president serve a second term?  What is the advantage of such service?  What is the objection to it?  Is a single term of six years desirable?

17.  Ought the president to be elected directly by the people?

18.  Name in order the persons entitled to succeed to the presidency in case of vacancy.

19.  Who is your representative in Congress?

20.  Who are your senators in Congress?

21.  What is the pay of members of Congress?  Who determines the compensation?  What is there to prevent lavish or improper pay?

22.  There is said to be “log-rolling” in legislation at times.  What is the nature of this practice?  Is it right?

23.  Is the senator or the representative of higher dignity?  Why?

24.  Why should members of Congress be exempted from arrest in certain cases?

25.  Find authority in the Constitution for various things that
Congress has done, such as the following:—­
  a.  It has established a military academy at West Point.
  b.  It has given public lands to Pacific railroads.
  c.  It has authorized uniforms for letter carriers.
  d.  It has ordered surveys of the coast.
  e.  It has established the Yellowstone National Park.
  f.  It has voted millions of dollars for pensions.
  g.  It refused during the Civil War to pay its promises with silver or
      gold.
  h.  It bought Alaska of Russia.
  i.  It has adopted exclusive measures towards the Chinese.

26.  Reverse the preceding exercise.  That is, cite clauses of the
Constitution, and tell what particular things Congress has done because
of such authority.  For example, what specific things have been done
under the following powers of Congress?—­
  a.  To collect taxes.
  b.  To regulate commerce with foreign nations.
  c.  To coin money.
  d.  To establish post-roads.
  e.  To provide for the common defence.
  f.  To provide for the general welfare.