RHODE ISLAND 



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RHODES 



Research Questions on 

 Rhode Island 



(An Outline miltable for Rhode 

 Island will be found with the article 

 "State.") 



Where is there an excellent harbor 

 which was formerly an inland body of 

 water? 



How does Rhode Island rank among 

 the states with regard to the propor- 

 tion of its roads that have been pa\ed? 



To what group of states does Rhode 

 nd belong? How does it rank among 

 the states of this group with reference 

 to value of manufactures? 



How many of the states of this group 

 ha\e a "greatest altitude" which is 

 loftier than that of this state? 



What is the ratio of railway mileage 

 to area? How does the state compaie 

 in this respect with the two states 

 which rank next above it in area? 

 With the largest state in the Union? 



What is the state flower? What other 

 states have chosen the same floral em- 

 blem? 



What is the "nickname" of the state? 



What, so far as is known, was the 

 reason for naming this region Rhode 

 Island? 



What city has an area almost one- 

 third as great as that of this state? 

 How do the two compare in population? 



How many states have a larger popu- 

 lation? How many have a greater den- 

 sity of population? 



If the United States as a whole were 

 as thickly settled as is Rhode Island, 

 how many inhabitants would it have? 



What does the ratio of town dwellers 

 to country dwellers tell you about the 

 relative importance of certain indus- 

 tries? 



In how many other states is the capi- 

 tal also the largest city? 



Why does it seem natural that Rhode 

 Inland should have a comparatively 

 large number of Baptists? 



What accounts for the large numbers 

 of Roman Catholics? 



Which is older, and how much, the 

 present system of public schools or the 

 state constitution? 



Which has a greater altitude, the 

 highest point In the smallest state or 

 the highest point in the largest state? 



How many cities of the United States 

 are larger than the largest city in 

 Rhode Island? 



How much longer is the coa?t line 

 which takes account of all the indenta- 

 tions than the external coast line? 



What gives the longest rivers of the 

 state their importance? 



Why is. the climate of Rhode Island 

 milder than that of the other New Eng- 

 land states? 



Into what are the farm areas gradu- 

 ally being transformed? 



Why is truck gardening so important 

 a phase of agriculture? 



Of what important manufactured 

 article does Rhode Inland produce more 

 than any other state? 



How long had the Ftate been gov- 

 erned under one constitution before it 

 adopted its present one? 



What was the "corner Ftone" of the 

 original colony of Providence Planta- 

 tion-? 



What wa<! Dorr's Rebellion, and what 

 did it accomplish for the state? 



Island formally accepted it on May 29, 1798, 

 after amendments had been made which gave 

 just recognition to the smaller states. 



Statehood. The transition from agriculture 

 and shipping to manufactures took place at 

 the end of the eighteenth century, when cot- 

 ton manufacturing was introduced. These in- 

 dustries grew in numbers after the War of 1812, 

 and Rhode Island became a prosperous state. 

 This progress was disturbed by Dorr's Rebel- 

 lion, a political struggle which resulted in the 

 adoption of a more democratic constitution, in 

 1842. 



The state has kept abreast of the times in 

 the enactment of progressive legislation. A 

 pubKc utilities commission was created in 1912. 

 A maximum of ten hours per day and fifty- 

 four hours per week for women and children 

 in all except domestic employment is 'enforced, 

 and no person under twenty-one years of age 

 may serve as messenger for public or private 

 dispatches before five o'clock in the morning or 

 after ten o'clock, at night. An employers' lia- 

 bility law is in effect. Open-air schools have 

 been established in Providence. E.B.P. 



Consult Hale's Rhode Island; Weeden's Early 

 Rhode Island; Steffens' a Struggle for Self -Gov- 

 ernment. 



Related Subjects. The reader interested in 

 Rhode Island will find the following articles help- 

 ful : 



CITIES 



Bristol Newport 



Central Falls Pawtucket 



Cranston Providence 



Cumberland Warwick 



East Providence Woonsocket 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Dorr's Rebellion Narragansett Bay 



Hutchinson, Anne Williams, Roger 



RHODES, rohdz, a volcanic island lying off 

 the southwest coast of Asia Minor, now be- 

 longing to Turkey. It is forty-nine miles long 

 and twenty-one miles at the widest part. The 

 climate is temperate <ind healthful, and the 

 valleys are very fertile, producing oranges, cit- 

 rons and other fruits and oil. A range of 

 mountains runs through the length of the is- 

 land, with Mount Ataijros 4,070 feet above the 

 sea. The population is about 30,000, chiefly 

 Greeks. 



In early days Rhodes was a wealthy and in- 

 dependent state of Greece, famous for its poets, 

 artists, philosophers, and for its Colossus, which 

 was considered one of the Seven Wonders of 

 the World. In 1309 the Knights Hospitalers of 

 Saint John made it their stronghold and held it 



