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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman was born a slave and dreamed of being free. She was willing to risk everything including her own life to see that dream come true. After her daring escape, Harriet became a conductor on the secret Underground Railroad, helping more than three hundred other slaves make the dangerous journey to freedom.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Presents facts about the lack of sanitation, personal hygiene, dental care, antibiotics, and insecticides in eighteenth-century America and the unfortunate results such a lack had on everday living conditions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
Using bold panels of art, this book tells the story of Allan Pinkerton's Detective Agency and its pursuit of the truth.
"The object of every investigation...is to come to the whole truth. Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was one of America's greatest detectives. Born in the slums of Scotland, he grew up with very little but had a keen eye that allowed him to notice things that others did not. On the run from local police, he fled to America. There he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
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Description
"The life of Abraham Lincoln, America's greatest president, in a new, illustrated edition of the Newbery Honor classic. Clara Ingram Judson's Newbery Honor Book is a richly drawn biography of Abraham Lincoln from his backwoods boyhood, to his days as a shopkeeper and lawyer, his entry into politics, and finally through his extraordinary presidency and tragic assassination. Judson presents Lincoln as he was--the plain-spoken and practical man, often...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
The fascinating biography of one of America's most influential African American voices from the award–winning author of Speak Up, Speak Out!
Teacher. Self-emancipator. Orator. Author. Man. Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is one of the most important African American figures in US history, best known, perhaps, for his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent in slavery and his famous autobiography....
Teacher. Self-emancipator. Orator. Author. Man. Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is one of the most important African American figures in US history, best known, perhaps, for his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent in slavery and his famous autobiography....
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The big purchase that led to fundamental questions about what America would become
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million, extending the United States beyond the Mississippi River for the first time.
Now the United States had big questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided? Would it be comprised of free states or slave states?...
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million, extending the United States beyond the Mississippi River for the first time.
Now the United States had big questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided? Would it be comprised of free states or slave states?...
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Language
English
Description
At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases -- including more than twenty-five murder trials -- during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Based on James L. Swanson's bestselling adult book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, this version, written especially for young people, is a fascinating look at the assassination of the sixteenth president of the United States. But there's more to the story. Here, readers will meet Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend. And they will get a firsthand look at how Lincoln's death impacted those closest to him.
13) The War of 1812
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Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Description
Explores the causes, battles, and aftermath of the War of 1812.
"In the early 1800s, the French and the British were at war. The fighting took place in Europe, but it affected people in the United States. Starting in 1807, the British used their powerful navy to stop U.S. trade with France. Find out more in this series including the leaders, battles, events, and ideals that contributed to the growth and development of the United States in the first...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
"...This book offers readers a unique look at the events that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating details, it includes excerpts from historical sources, archival images, and new research that debunks myths about the Emancipation Proclamation and its causes."--Amazon.com.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
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Description
Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.
20) The United States enters the world stage: from the Alaska purchase through World War I, 1867-1919
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Emphasizes America's expanding role in world affairs between the late nineteenth century and the end of World War I.
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