From about 1877 to 1913 immigration was responsible for half of all urbanization. The era was big enough to contain Booker T. Washington, Emma Goldman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas
Written for high school students, this resource presents 28 biographies of important writers, politicians, leaders, and thinkers whose lives and beliefs epitomize the struggles of the time. Among thos
Profiles twenty-five people important to the United States during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, including author Mark Twain, activist Booker T. Washington, inventor Thomas Edison, and tycoon
Eighteen documents and collections of illustrations tell the story of the United States during the Golden Age and the Progressive Era, including a firsthand account of the sinking of the Titanic, exce
Written for the high school students, this resource presents an almanac of the events, issues, and political activities of the time. Among the chapter topics are the end of the Civil War, the joy and
This is an eight-volume encyclopedia of US history that was compiled with guidance from the National Council for the Social Studies Curicculum Standards for Social Studies--Middle School, adopted in 2
Collects full and excerpted speeches, accounts, poems, memoirs, and novels reflecting a range of perpectives towards the Civil War, and includes background information on each document and the impact
Presents a comprehensive overview of the French and Indian War, including biographies and full or excerpted memoirs, speeches, and other source documents.
This four-volume reference work on early US history is designed to be accessible to high school students and general readers. It begins with 51 biographies, spread over the first two volumes, profilin
Designed for middle and high school aged students, this volume presents approximately 30 full and excerpted Revolutionary era speeches, diary entries, poems, and documents. Each entry, organized into
Provides biographies of key figures in American history, a historical almanac of the period, copies of primary source documents, a chronology, a glossary of difficult words, and a cumulative index.
A comprehensive resource offers information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the inauguration of President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.
Describes and interprets the era of the Civil War, its events, and topics with viewpoints, definitions, report topics, chronologies, sidebars, and statistics.
As its role in a four-volume set for middle-school students, this volume presents 25 entries profiling astronauts, scientists, theorists, and writers, and including coverage of the Hubble telescope an
A five-volume resource includes background and interpretation of the American Revolution, profiles of sixty men and women who were key players on the British and American side, and a collection of ann
Provides biographies of key figures in American history, a historical almanac of the period, copies of primary source documents, a chronology, a glossary of difficult words, and a cumulative index.