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

Hasday, Judy L

Series

Milestones in American history

Pub. Date

[2007]

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Using biographical sketches, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, discusses the reasons behind and impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or ethnicity.

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

Author

Sonneborn, Liz

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

Author

Renehan, Edward

4) Sputnik/Explorer 1: the race to conquer space

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

Series

Milestones in American history

Pub. Date

[2007]

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Examines the development and launch of the first satellites into outer space by the Soviet Union and the United States.

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

Author

Lange, Brenda

6) The Transcontinental Railroad: the gateway to the West

Author

Renehan, Edward

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

Author

Renehan, Edward

8) The Wright brothers: first in flight

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

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

Sonneborn, Liz

11) The Louisiana Purchase: growth of a nation

Author

McNeese, Tim

12) The prohibition era: temperance in the United States

Author

Slavicek, Louise Chipley

Series

Milestones in American history

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The Prohibition Era examines the social, political, and economic factors that led to the banning of alcohol and its eventual reinstatement as a legal beverage.

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

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

14) The acquisition of Florida: America's twenty-seventh state

Author

Sonneborn, Liz

15) The Alamo: the battle for Texas

Author

Mountjoy, Shane

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

Author

Crompton, Samuel Willard

17) The Donner Party: a doomed journey

Author

McNeese, Tim

18) The Emancipation Proclamation: ending slavery in America

Author

Woog, Adam

19) The Erie Canal: linking the Great Lakes

Author

McNeese, Tim

20) Manifest destiny: westward Expansion

Author

Mountjoy, Shane

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Milestones in American history

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Explains the events surrounding the concept of Manifest Destiny, discussing the deals and wars that brought new territories under American control and allowed the country to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.