CONNECTICUT 



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CONNECTICUT RIVER 



Research Questions on 

 Connecticut 



An Outline Muitiiblr for Connectl- 

 i-in trill be found with the article 

 -state." 



How many people would be thrown 

 out of work If all the manufacturing 

 plants In the state were shut down? 



How old was the colony when It es- 

 tatillshed Its first Institution of higher 

 learning? 



What prominent part did Connecti- 

 cut have In the making of the Consti- 

 tution? 



How many times as high as the lofti- 

 est point In this state Is the highest 

 point In Colorado? In Montana? 



Could a foreigner who had never 

 learned to read English be naturalized 

 in this state? 



Give three popular names which are 

 applied to the state, and tell the origin 

 of each. 



For what use Is the tobacco of Con- 

 necticut especially suited? 



Describe the state flag. 



How well does the state care for 

 the defective and unfortunate element 

 of its population? 



To what native of this state do you 

 owe the fact that you can so easily 

 keep your feet dry when you go out in 

 the rain? 



How much is spent on education 

 each year? From what was the larger 

 part of the school fund secured? 



How much did the state suffer during 

 the Revolutionary War? 



If the populations of Connecticut and 

 Chicago were exchanged, would the 

 state be more or less densely populated 

 than It Is at present? 



What sea-food could the state least 

 afford to dispense with? 



What unusual power has the legisla- 

 ture of this state? 



Is irrigation necessary anywhere In 

 the state? 



In what way would the climate be 

 different If the prevailing winds came 

 from the north and northwest? 



What part has the Federal govern- 

 ment had In bettering the facilities for 

 commerce in the state? 



How far beyond the present bounda- 

 ries of the state did the original grant 

 of territory extend? 



What part did Connecticut have In 

 the construction of one of the most 

 famous ships ever built in the United 

 States? 



How large a proportion of the people 

 live under rural conditions? 



What part did the Charter Oak play 

 In the history of Connecticut? What 

 became of it afterward? 



What decided change has taken place 

 since colonial days in the relative im- 

 portance of the various industries? 



In the production of what mineral is 

 Connecticut surpassed by only two 

 states? 



How many states are smaller than 

 Connecticut? How many are more 

 densely populated? How many have 

 had a longer existence? 



In traveling about the state, how 

 many white men would you see, on an 

 average, to one negro? 



The school fund of the state was largely 

 established by the sale of the Western Reserve, 

 :i larpe tract of land granted to Connecticut 

 in 1786. This Western Reserve lay within the 

 present state of Ohio. 



Consult Clark's A History of Connecticut, Its 

 Peoples and Institutions; Johnson's Connecticut, 

 In "American Commonwealth" Series. 



Related Subject*. The articles on the follow- 

 ing topics will furnish more detailed information 

 as to certain phases of the geography, the indus- 

 trial life and history of Connecticut : 



Ansonla 



Bridgeport 



Bristol 



Danbury 



Derby 



Hartford 



Manchester 



Meriden 



Middletown 



Naugatuck 



Brass 

 Bronze 

 Clock 

 Feldspar 



Connecticut 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



New Britain 



New Haven 



New London 



Norwich 



Stamford 



Torrington 



Wallingford 



Waterbury 



West Haven 



Willimantic 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Oyster 

 Silk 

 Thread 

 Tobacco 



RIVERS 



Housatonlc 



Berkshire Hills 

 Charter Oak 

 Green Mountains 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Hartford Convention 

 Long Island Sound 

 Yale University 



CONNECTICUT, konnet'ikut, RIVER, the 

 longest river of the New England states, rising 

 far to the north in New Hampshire. It flows 

 southward between New Hampshire and Ver- 

 mont, through Western Massachusetts and the 

 central part of Connecticut, and finds an outlet 

 to the sea through Long Island Sound. It is 

 nearly 400 miles long, and drains an area of 

 over 11,000 square miles. The valley of the 

 Connecticut is famed for its beauty and fer- 

 tility, and the stream flows through one of 

 the most prosperous manufacturing sections 

 in the United States. Numerous falls along 

 its course furnish magnificent water power and 

 have determined the location of such thriving 

 industrial centers as Bellows Falls, Vt., Turners 

 Falls and Holyoke, Mass., and Windsor Locks, 

 Conn. Between Hartford and the Sound, a dis- 

 tance of fifty miles, the river is navigable for 

 large steamers, and beyond that point for some 

 distance into Massachusetts it has been made 

 navigable for smaller boats by means of canals. 

 See CONNECTICUT. 



