ectory.

3. Under what conditions may a case be appealed from the supreme court
of the State to the United States Supreme Court? Bryce, American
Commonwealth, I, 228-230 (232-234).

4. How is the fact that conflicts between the authority of the Federal
and the State courts do not arise, accounted for? Bryce, I, 234-235
(238).

5. Are the United States Courts influenced in their decisions by
politics? Bryce, I, 259-261 (265-267).

6. Define treason and the punishment therefore. Constitution, Art. III,
Sec. 3, Clauses 1 and 2. See Government in State and Nation, 268, 269.

7. Describe the influence of John Marshall as Chief Justice.

(_a_.) John Marshall, American Statesmen Series, Chapters X and XI.

(_b_.) Bryce, I, 261 (267).

(_c_.) Lodge, "John Marshall, Statesman," N. Am. Rev., 172:191-204.

(_d_.) John Marshall, Atl. Mo., 87:328-341.

8. Show how the development of our Constitution by interpretation has
been brought about. Bryce, I, 366-375 (376-385).

9. What has been the influence of the Supreme Court in the history of
our nation? Scribner's Mag., 33:273-284.

CHAPTER XVII.

TERRITORIES AND PUBLIC LANDS.

The History of Territories.--The first Territories of the United
States were formed in the region lying north of the Ohio River and east
of the Mississippi River. Here several of the original States (viz.,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Virginia) had had claims,
which they ceded to the general government during the period of the
Confederation. This region was given the name Northwest Territory. It
was governed under the Ordinance of 1787 enacted by Congress for this
purpose. As settlers came into this region, Congress passed special acts
for the government of the different Territories that were erected where
now we find the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and
Wisconsin.

In like manner, the region lying south of Kentucky was ceded to the
United States by the Carolinas and Georgia, and was then formed into
Territories and governed by Congress. Next, the Louisiana Purchase,
Florida, the Mexican Cession, and the Oregon Territory came under the
control of Congress; a succession of Territories was thus created, all
of which have now been admitted into the Union as States. In the
government of these Territories, Congress has acted in accordance with
an important power granted to it by the Constitution.

Article IV, Section 3, Clause 3. _The Congress shall have power