OHIO 



OHIO 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON OHIO 



4 An Outline nuitable for Ohio "ill be found with the article "Staff." > 



How many Presidents were born in this state? 



Name them and give the dates of their administrations. 



How many mounds were left by the Mound Builders within this territory? Who 

 were the Mound Builders, and why did they raise these curious structures? 



What is the longest river that lies wholly within the state? How have the rivers 

 helped in the industrial development? 



How does Ohio help the mechanics of the country to sharpen their tools? 



What is "Inscription Rock," and what is the story it tells? 



What part did this territory and its affairs play in causing the French and Indian 

 War? (See FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS.) 



How high is the "great divide" of this state? What part does a divide have in 

 determining the physical features of a region? 



How many states surpass this in total value of mineral products? How many 

 surpass it in the production of its chief mineral substance? 



How long has it been since anyone was put to death in this state for the commis- 

 sion of a crime? 



How much higher is the highest point in the state than the lowest? How do 

 two points agree in altitude with those in Iowa? With those in Kansas? 



What valuable product besides timber do certain of the trees of Ohio furnish? 



How many constitutions has the state had? How long will it be before a con- 

 vention to revise the constitution may be summoned? 



Among which class is there the larger percentage of illiteracy, the native whites 

 the foreign-born whites or the negroes? 



In what industry does Ohio rank with some of the great states of the West? In 

 what way is it well fitted for this industry? 



Turn to the map of the United States and determine why it is that Ohio is cr 

 by so many trunk lines of railways. 



What is the railroad mileage of the state to each hundred square miles of area? 

 How does it rank in this respect with Pennsylvania? With New York? With 

 Illinois? 



How many states have a larger population? How many of these more populous 

 states are larger? (See table in article UNITED STATES.) 



In the production of what crop docs Ohio rank first among all the Northern 

 states? How many of the Southern surpass it? 



What article that is made in Dayton does every merchant want in his store? How 

 does this state help people all over the country to keep their valuables safe? 



How many states are smaller than Ohio? What country of Europe 

 sembles this state in size and population? How long has it done so? 



What specially fits it for the manufacture of pottery, bricks and tiles? 



How many states came into the Union after the close of the Revolutionary War 

 and before Ohio was admitted? 



1 does the state name mean? 



Wh.it i- tli, popular name, and why was it given? 



What si>:: lias the phrase "log cabin and hard cider" in the history of t In- 



state and of the country? 



What fits Ohio to become a great manufacturing state? 



