amendment.
Name persons from whom the disabilities have been removed. How were they
removed? Name persons against whom the disabilities still lie. May they
vote? What provision of the original constitution is affected by the last
sentence of this clause, and how is it modified?

How much money was expended in suppressing the rebellion? How was it
raised? How much debt has been paid? How much remains unpaid? Did you ever
see a United States bond or note? How much is a confederate bond for $1000
worth? Why? Have any emancipated slaves been paid for by the government?

What is the necessity of the clause commencing, "The congress shall have
power?"

What is secured to negroes by the thirteenth amendment? By the fourteenth?
By the fifteenth? Name persons who are citizens but cannot vote. Name
three eminent colored men.

What clause could be omitted from the constitution without affecting it?

PART IV.

GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL.

CHAPTER XXX.

FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.

Classification.--Aristotle divided governments into three chief classes,
based upon the number of persons constituting the governing element, as
follows: government by _one_, monarchy; by the _few_, oligarchy; by the
_many_, democracy.

Subdivisions of these classes may be made as follows.

1. By _one_, monarchy; hereditary or elective; absolute or limited.

2. By the _few_, oligarchy or aristocracy.

3. By the _many_, democracy or republic.

Definitions and examples.--A hereditary monarchy is one in which the
succession is acquired by birth, the usual order being from father to
eldest son; examples, England, Prussia, etc.

An elective monarchy is one in which the succession is by election; the
term for life; example, the old German empire, in which the emperor was
chosen by certain princes called "electors." [Footnote: Our mode of
electing a president may have been suggested in part by this old
practice.]

An absolute monarchy is one in which the three functions of government as
related to law--the legislative, executive and judicial--are all vested in
one person; examples, Russia and Turkey in Europe, and most of the
countries of Asia and Africa.

A limited monarchy is one in which the sovereign's power is confined
chiefly to executing the laws framed and interpreted by other departments;
examples, England, and most of the other countries of Europe.

An oligarchy is that form of government in which the supreme power is
vested