MISSOURI 



MISSOURI 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON MISSOURI 



(An Outline suitable for Missouri will be found with the article "State.") 



What does the name of the state mean? What is its popular name, and how did 

 it receive it? 



How many states have the same state flower as Missouri? 



What special distinction has the state with reference to the two greatest rivers 

 of the country? 



How many states have a greater area? What state closely resembles it in size? 



How many states border upon Missouri? What other states have as great a 

 number bordering upon them? 



What is the average number of inhabitants to the square mile? Is this larger 

 or smaller than the average for the country "as a whole? 



How many states have a larger population? Do all of these exceed Missouri in 

 area, as well? 



Which would you rather have, a year's yield of the forests or a year's yield of 

 the zinc mines? 



How does Missouri's largest city rank in size among great cities of the country? 



What do the illiteracy statistics of this state tell about the intellectual condition 

 of its negro inhabitants? 



What has the state done in the fight against tuberculosis? 



Where is Missouri's chief scenic region? 



What has been done toward making a certain section of the state more healthful 

 as well as more productive? 



What natural advantage has this state over others in the matter of transporta- 

 tion? 



Why does this state have a distinctly "continental climate" one marked by 

 extremes of heat and cold? 



How many states rank above Missouri in value of total crops? In value of its 

 chief crop? 



In what one of California's most important products does Missouri rival that 

 state? 



How, besides in the matter of education, does the state help the farmer? 



Why is the northwestern part of the state particularly well suited to the raising 

 of hogs and cattle? 



What two cities have profited by the growth of one of the chief mining indus- 

 tries? 



Of what two minerals does this state produce more than any other state? 



Why does the coal production of Missouri no longer possess the importance it 

 once did? 



Describe Missouri's great mass of pure iron. 



What remarkable development did the second manufacturing industry of the 

 state make during one decade? 



Why is river navigation no longer of such great importance as it once was? 



How many constitutions has the state had? How long has it been governed 

 under its present one? 



What famous legislation of Congress took its name from this territory? What 

 did this legislation accomplish? 



What part did the state play in the War of Secession? 



