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Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States was a deeply divided nation. The North and South clashed over many issues -- economic issues, how to organize new land in the West, and in particular, the South's "peculiar institution," slavery. This book uncovers the roots of the Civil War, highlighting the roles played by key individuals such as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the early battles of the American revolution and how the conflict began to spread. Also discusses how the colonies' leaders gathered to direct the course of the war and, in July 1776, to sign the Declaration of independence.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Examines the period when the United States and the Soviet Union opposed each other for influence over the smaller nations of the world and how this struggle expressed itself in the arms race and in Korea and Vietnam. Also discusses the conflicts such as the civil rights movement that occurred within the U.S. during the same period.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes key battles that were fought in the eastern theater during the Civil War, including major turning points that gave Abraham Lincoln the occasion to make the end of slavery one of the goals of the war.
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