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NEW YORK 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON NEW YORK 



(An Outline unltable for Xew York will be found with the article "State.") 



What mountains of the state play a part in one of the earliest and one of the 

 most popular stories ever written in the United States? 



How did New York long rank among the agricultural states? How does it rank 

 to-day? 



How many constitutions has the state had in the course of its history? When was 

 the present one adopted? 



What will be the next year in which the question of a constitutional revision may 

 be brought before the people? 



For whom was this state named? What name had it borne previously? What 

 had its chief city been called? 



What has won for New York its popular name? Why is it sometimes called the 

 "pivotal" state? 



How much smaller is New York than the largest state? How much larger than 

 the smallest? 



How long has it been since any state had a larger population than New York? 



How does it happen that a state with such an excellent school system has so large 

 an illiteracy percentage? 



Is the highest point in the state higher or lower than that of Maine? Of Iowa? 

 Of Kansas? Of South Carolina? 



Why was the valley of the Mohawk River so important in the early history of 

 the state? 



Of what use, other than as navigable waterways, have the rivers of New York 

 been in its development? 



What is the "greatest natural generator of power that has yet been harnessed?" 



What are the Finger Lakes, and why are they so called? What lake in this state 

 has given its name to a well-known institution? 



\Yhy is the region about the Great Lakes better suited to the raising of fruits than 

 is the rest of the state? 



What proportion of the total land area is in improved farms? 



Mention three agricultural products in which New York leads all the states. 



Mention two in which it surpasses any other state in acreage. 



What does the state do to help the farmers? 



What does it do toward the preservation of its forests? 



If you might have the annual sale price from one of New York's fishing products, 

 which would you choose? 



What industry in which the Hudson Valley surpasses any other region in the world 

 depends on a mineral product of the valley? 



Of what mineral substance which practically every one uses every day does New 

 York produce more than any other state? 



Why might you expect New York to manufacture many lead pencils? 



What factors have contributed to the remarkable growth of the manufacturing 

 in.hi.-tnr> of the state? 



What proportion of the foreign trade of the country passes through the great port 

 of this state? 



What stand did the state take with reference to the Federal Constitution? When 

 was a President inaugurated in this state? 



