TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT

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1. Trace the growth in the population of your state since 1880. What
have been the chief sources of this increase?

2. To what extent has the population of your state been affected by
immigration from Europe? What attracts immigrants to your state? Have
there been any changes in the character of this immigration since
1880?

3. Classify the population of your state on the basis of occupation.
(Secure data from the State Board of Labor, or State Bureau of
Statistics.)

4. Estimate the material wealth of your community. What light does the
result throw upon the difficulties of summarizing the wealth of the
nation?

5. Discuss the importance in the economic life of your section of

(a) Agriculture,

(b) Mining,

(c) Forestry,

(d) Manufacturing.