Drama of American history
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers.
Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Examines the events and personalities, particularly President Andrew Jackson, that shaped the development of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Examines the events and personalities involved in creating the Constitution of the United States in 1787, a document which has been the foundation of American democracy for over 200 years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the events and personalities that shaped this country, from the hotly contested election of 1800 which brought Thomas Jefferson into office through the westward expansion to the War of 1812 and James Madison's presidency.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation.
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The rise of industry: 1860-1900
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16)
Indians, cowboys, and farmers and the battle for the Great Plains, 1865-1910
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish, Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Book/Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling book aimed at young readers.
Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, this volume explores far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.
The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....