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A History of US: Assessment Book: Books 1-10

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Author : Joy Hakim
Binding : Paperback
DeweyDecimalNumber : 973
EAN : 9780195153484
Edition : 3
ISBN : 0195153480
Label : Oxford University Press, USA
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Manufacturer : Oxford University Press, USA
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NumberOfPages : 164
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PublicationDate : 2002-11-07
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ReadingLevel : Ages 9-12
Studio : Oxford University Press, USA
Title : A History of US : Assessment Book : Books 1-10

Liberty for All?: 1820-1860 A History of US Book 5

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Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau’s words when he said, “Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free.” It was an exuberant time for the diverse citizens of the United States, who included a range of folk, from mountain men and railroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier and all their hopes and fears are captured in Liberty for All? In addition to colorful accounts of the massive westward migration, the California Gold Rush, a war with Mexico, the Oregon boundary conflict, Texas and the Alamo, Liberty for All? takes a deep look at the issue that began to gnaw at the country’s core : How, in the land where “all men are created equal,” could there be slaves?

Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600-1740 A History of US Book 2

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Author : Joy Hakim
Binding : Hardcover
DeweyDecimalNumber : 973.2
EAN : 9780195188950
Edition : 3 Revised
ISBN : 9780195188950
Label : Oxford University Press, USA
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Manufacturer : Oxford University Press, USA
NumberOfItems : 1
NumberOfPages : 192
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PublicationDate : 2006-01-02
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ReadingLevel : Ages 9-12
Studio : Oxford University Press, USA
Title : Making Thirteen Colonies : 1600-1740 A History of US Book 2

War, Terrible War: Elementary Grades Teaching Guide A History of US Book 6

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Author : Joy Hakim
Binding : Paperback
DeweyDecimalNumber : 371
EAN : 9780195168532
Edition : 3
ISBN : 0195168534
Label : Oxford University Press, USA
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Manufacturer : Oxford University Press, USA
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NumberOfPages : 84
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PublicationDate : 2003-12-04
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Studio : Oxford University Press, USA
Title : War, Terrible War : Elementary Grades Teaching Guide A History of US Book 6

A Reconstructing America: 1865-1890 A History of US Book 7

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Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstruction and Reform is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States. Railroad tycoons were roaring across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different American West came into being : a land of farmers, ranchers, miners, and city dwellers. Back East, large-scale immigration was also going on, but not all Americans wanted newcomers in the country. Technology moved forward : Thomas Edison lit up the world with his electric light. And social justice was on everyone’s mind with Carry Nation wielding a hatchet in her battle against drunkenness and Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois counseling newly freed African Americans to behave in very different ways. Through it all, the reunited nation struggles to keep the promises of freedom in this exciting chapter in the A History of US.

War, Terrible War: 1855-1865 A History of US Book 6

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Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes us into the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle of Gettysburg and on to the South’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. Follow the common soldiers in blue and gray as they endure long marches, freezing winter camps, and the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil. Off the war fields, War, Terrible War captures the passion and commitment of abolitionists and slaveowners alike in their fiery debates throughout the land. With profiles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Jefferson Davis, soldiers on both sides, slave owners, abolitionists, average citizens, and others, War, Terrible War is the compelling story of a people affected by the horrors of war during this tragic and dramatic period in A History of US.

The New Nation: 1789-1850 A History of US Book 4

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Beginning with George Washington’s inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the freshly formed United States faced. Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territories (bought from France at a mere four cents an acre!), Lewis and Clark’s daring expedition through this wilderness, the War of 1812 a.k.a. “Revolutionary War, Part II,” Tecumseh’s effort to form an Indian confederacy, the growth of Southern plantations, the beginning of the abolitionist movement, and the disgraceful Trail of Tears are just a few of the setbacks, sidetracks, and formidable tasks put in the new nation’s path. Master storyteller Joy Hakim weaves these dramatic events and more into a seamless tale that’s so exciting, how could it be true? But it is–it’s A History of US.

Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600-1740 A History of US Book 2

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People are coming to America–all kinds of people. If you’re European, you come in search of freedom or riches. If you’re African, you come in chains. And what about the Indians, what is happening to them? Soon with the influx of so many people, thirteen unique colonies are born, each with its own story. Meet Pocahontas and John Smith in Jamestown. Join William Penn and the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Sit with the judges at the Salem witch trials. Hike over the mountains with Daniel Boone. And let Ben Franklin give you some salty advice in his Poor Richard’s Almanac in this remarkable journey through the dynamic creation of what one day becomes the United States.

From Colonies to Country: 1735-1791 A History of US Book 3

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How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called “Americans” for the first time by the English, and the great English army proved itself not so formidable after all. But for sure when King George III started levying some heavy-handed taxes on the colonies, the break from the motherland was imminent. With such enthralling characters as George Washington, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Eliza Pinckney, and Alexander Hamilton throughout, From Colonies to Country is an amazing story of a nation-making transformation.

War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945 A History of US Book 9

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From woman’s suffrage to Babe Ruth’s home runs, from Louis Armstrong’s jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post-WWI spree was high unemployment, hard times for farmers, ever-present racism, and, finally, the Depression, the worst economic disaster in U.S. history, flip-flopping the nation from prosperity to scarcity. Along came one of our country’s greatest leaders, F.D.R., who promised a New Deal, gave Americans hope, and then saw them through the horrors and victories of World War II. These three decades–full of optimism and despair, progress and Depression, and, of course, War, Peace, and All That Jazz –forever changed the United States.