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Civil rights
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Brendan January |
Presents a study of the civil rights movement in the United States. |
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The Dred Scott decision
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Brendan January |
Places the events relating to the 1857 Supreme Court decision regarding rights of slaves into the larger context of the conflict about slavery among the states. |
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Brendan January |
Tells the story of the document which led eventually to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and relates the role of President Lincoln in freeing the slaves. |
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Explorers of North America
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Brendan January |
Describes the activities of explorers in North America from 1000 to 1804 including Leif Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot, and Lewis and Clark. |
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
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Brendan January |
Recounts the story of John Brown's failed rebellion in Harpers Ferry in 1859, intended to start a massive slave uprising in the South and the establishment of a state in the Allegheny Mountains for f… |
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Brendan January |
Describes the seven debates held from August to October 1858 between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln who were campaigning for election as Illinois Senator. |
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Reconstruction
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Brendan January |
A history of Reconstruction, the period after the Civil War during which programs were implemented to bring the Confederate States back to the Union. |
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Globalize it!
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Brendan January |
Surveys globalization through an examination of the groups that both support and protest this political and economic movement. |
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Air Force One
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Brendan January |
Presents a history of presidental travel on the airplane known as Air Force One. |
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Derechos civiles
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Brendan January |
This book examines the Civil Rights movement. It looks at what lead up to it and what has happened since the Civil Rights Act was passed into law. |
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