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1) The Santa Fe Trail

Author

Blashfield, Jean F

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2001

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Introduces the history and economic purpose of the Santa Fe Trail and the resulting settlement of the Southwest.

2) The Underground Railroad

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2001

3) African-Americans in the colonies

Author

Williams, Jean Kinney

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2002

4) The thirteen colonies

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

5) Ellis Island

Author

Raatma, Lucia

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2003

6) Navajo code talkers

Author

Santella, Andrew

7) The Persian Gulf War

Author

Santella, Andrew

8) The Arapaho and their history

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M.

9) The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Author

Burgan, Michael

10) The Boston Massacre

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

We the people
Graphic library. Graphic history

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Recounts the story of the Boston Massacre, including the events that led up to British soldiers killing five colonists and how these events contributed to the beginning of the American Revolution.

11) The Buffalo Soldiers

Author

Flanagan, Alice K

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2005

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Discusses the role the buffalo soldiers played in the history of the United States.

12) The Carpetbaggers

Author

Raatma, Lucia

13) The Chumash and their history

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2005

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Discusses the history, daily life, customs, and future of the Chumash tribe.

14) The Creek and their history

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M.

15) The Dust Bowl

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

16) Great women of the American Revolution

Author

Burgan, Michael

17) Industrial America

Author

Shea, Kitty

18) The Mayflower Compact

Author

Brooks, Philip

19) The Mexican War

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

20) The Minutemen

Author

Raatma, Lucia

21) The Ojibwe and their history

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M.

22) Pearl Harbor

Author

Santella, Andrew

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2005

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Describes the events that took place at Pearl Harbor and the impact they made on the world.

23) The Powhatan and their history

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2005

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Discusses the history, daily life, customs, and future of the Powhatan tribe.

24) The Salem witch trials

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2005

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Discusses the events in Salem, Massachusetts that caused young women to be burned at the stake for witchcraft.

25) The Stamp Act of 1765

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2006

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Discusses the events that precipitated the Gettysburg Address.

34) The Great Chicago Fire

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

35) The Harlem Renaissance

Author

Rau, Dana Meachen

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2006

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Discusses the creation of the Harlem Renaissance, the African Americans in the spotlight there, and the legacy of future generations long after its heyday.

36) The Haymarket Square tragedy

Author

Burgan, Michael

37) The Hindenburg

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

38) The Iroquois and their history

Author

St. Lawrence, Genevieve

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2006

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Discusses the origin, history, daily life, customs, and future of the Iroquois Indians.

39) The Johnstown Flood

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

40) The Library of Congress

Author

Santella, Andrew

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2006

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Discusses the creation of the Library of Congress and how it has grown to such proportions that it can serve people all over the world today.

41) The Lowell mill girls

Author

Flanagan, Alice K.

42) The Missouri Compromise

Author

Burgan, Michael

43) The orphan trains

Author

Flanagan, Alice K.

44) The Pueblo and their history

Author

St. Lawrence, Genevieve

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2006

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Discusses the origin, history, daily life, customs, and future of the Pueblo Indians.

45) Roosevelt's Rough Riders

Author

Santella, Andrew

46) The Sioux and their history

Author

Englar, Mary

47) The Battle of Bunker Hill

Author

Englar, Mary

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

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Describes the events leading up to the 1775 Revolutionary battle fought at Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill near Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.

48) The Berlin airlift

Author

Burgan, Michael

49) The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Author

Skog, Jason

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

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Examines the Civil Rights Act that was signed into law on July 2, 1964, guaranteeing equal rights for all.

50) The Confederate soldier

Author

Gillis, Jennifer Blizin

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

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Discusses the bloody Civil War and how difficult the men's lives were during these long four years.

51) The Dred Scott decision

Author

Skog, Jason

52) The electoral college

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

53) The Korean War

Author

Santella, Andrew

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

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Examines a war that lasted for more than three years and lead to the deaths of countless people.

54) The Monroe Doctrine

Author

Burgan, Michael

55) The San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2007

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Primary documents, photographs, timelines, and maps describe the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the efforts of the military and local services to put out the fires that were consuming the city.