LOC Title
The Juvenile National Calendar
LOC Summary
One of only five known copies of this rare American children’s book, published in Baltimore around 1825, the Calendar describes the duties and pay of various government officials including the president, vice president, cabinet members, and Congress. In verse that celebrates learning, virtue, and patriotic spirit, the “rising generation” is offered hope that “you, if you’re good, may be President yet.” The text and twelve hand-colored engravings are the work of a Baltimore lawyer who, in his youth, wrote and drew for the publisher Fielding Lucas in exchange for law books.
LOC Contributor Names
John Latrobe
LOC Created/Published
[ca. 1825]
LOC Standardized Date
1825
EEC Creators
EEC Source Year
1825
EEC Format
EEC Type of Source
EEC Theme Topic
EEC Index Number
342
Question
What is the main idea?
Correct Answer
Representative Government
Incorrect Answer
State Government
Local Government
Lawmaking Process
Freedom of Assembly
Voting Rights
Political Parties
Congressional Power
Civic Duties
Question
What is the source promoting?
Correct Answer
Representative Government
Incorrect Answer
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Voting Rights
Elections
Congressional Power
19th Amendment
Due Process
1st Amendment
15th Amendment
Question
What political group is represented?
Correct Answer
Voters
Incorrect Answer
Interest Groups
Lobbyists
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Third Parties
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Legislators
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EEC Topics