Milestones in American history

Author

Hasday, Judy L Sonneborn, Liz Renehan, Edward Crompton, Samuel Willard Lange, Brenda Davenport, John McNeese, Tim Slavicek, Louise Chipley Mountjoy, Shane Woog, Adam Wagner, Heather Lehr Crompton, Samuel Etinde Malaspina, Ann Reis, Ronald A Abrams, Dennis

1) The Civil Rights Act of 1964: an end to racial segregation

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

2) The electric light: Thomas Edison's illuminating invention

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

3) The Monroe doctrine: the cornerstone of American foreign policy

Author

Renehan, Edward

4) Sputnik/Explorer I: the race to conquer space

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

5) The Stock Market Crash of 1929: the end of prosperity

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Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

6) The Transcontinental Railroad: the gateway to the West

Author

Renehan, Edward

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

7) The Treaty of Paris: the precursor to a new nation

Author

Renehan, Edward

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

8) The Wright brothers: first in flight

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

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Desribes the careers and achievments of the Wright Brothers, who are credited with the invention of the airplane in 1903.

9) The attack on Pearl Harbor: the United States enters World War II

Author

Davenport, John

10) The California gold rush: transforming the American West

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

11) The Louisiana Purchase: growth of a nation

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Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

12) The prohibition era: temperance in the United States

Author

Slavicek, Louise Chipley

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chealsea House

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

13) The sinking of the USS Maine: declaring war against Spain

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

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On February 15, 1898, the USS battleship Maine was blown up while in Havana Harbor, Cuba, leading to the Spanish-American War. This volume examines the events leading up to the destruction of the Maine, the immediate aftermath, and the long-term consequences.

14) The acquisition of Florida: America's Twenty-seventh State

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

15) The Alamo: the battle for Texas

Author

Mountjoy, Shane

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

16) Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone: the invention that changed communication

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

17) The Donner Party: a doomed journey

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

18) The Emancipation Proclamation: ending slavery in America

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

19) The Erie Canal: linking the Great Lakes

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Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

20) Manifest destiny: westward Expansion

Author

Mountjoy, Shane

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

21) The Oregon Trail: pathway to the West

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

22) The outbreak of the Civil War: a nation tears apart

Author

Wagner, Heather Lehr

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

23) The Pony Express: bringing mail to the American West

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

24) The robber barons and the Sherman Anti-trust Act: reshaping American business

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

25) The great Black migrations: from the rural South to the urban North

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

26) The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II: detention of American citizens

Author

Davenport, John

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

27) The raid on Harpers Ferry: John Brown's rebellion

Author

Crompton, Samuel Etinde

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

28) The Scopes monkey trial

Author

Crompton, Samuel Etinde

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

29) The Underground Railroad: the journey to freedom

Author

Series

Milestones in American history

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

30) Boston Tea Party: colonists protest the British government

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

31) The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War confrontation

Author

Wagner, Heather Lehr

32) The Great Depression and the New Deal: America's economy in crisis

Author

Reis, Ronald A.

33) The invention of the moving assembly line: a revolution in manufacturing

Author

Abrams, Dennis

34) The McCarthy era: Communists in America

Author

Malaspina, Ann

35) The Salem witchcraft trials: hysteria in Colonial America

Author

Slavicek, Louise Chipley