Snapshots in history
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The Tet Offensive: turning point of the Vietnam War
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: to the brink of war
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: fire from the sky
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The Korean war: America's Forgotten War
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Pearl Harbor: day of infamy
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September 11: attack on America
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The Chinese Revolution: the triumph of Communism
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The collapse of the Soviet Union: the end of an empire
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The Indian Removal Act: forced relocation
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Publisher
Compass Point Books, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The United States entered World War II after a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. U.S. officials feared that Japanese Americans would betray their country and help Japan. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and moved into relocation centers, which some viewed as concentration camps. The internees, backed by many other Americans, believed that their fundamental rights as U.S. citizens had been denied. Years...
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The Little Rock Nine: struggle for integration
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McCarthyism: the Red Scare
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Miranda v. Arizona: the rights of the accused
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The New Deal: rebuilding America
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The Republican Party: the story of the Grand Old Party
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The Scopes trial: the battle over teaching evolution
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The Berlin Wall: barrier to freedom
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Black Tuesday: prelude to the Great Depression
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Freedom rides: campaign for equality
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The Iran-Contra affair: political scandal uncovered
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The March on Washington: uniting against racism
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The national grape boycott: a victory for farmworkers
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The Teapot Dome Scandal: corruption rocks 1920s America
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Third parties: influential political alternatives
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1963 Birmingham church bombing: the Ku Klux Klan's history of terror
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Assassination at Sarajevo: the spark that started World War I
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The Bataan Death March: World War II prisoners in the Pacific
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Dred Scott v. Sandford: a slave's case for freedom and citizenship
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The hundred days offensive: the Allies' push to win World War I
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Tiananmen Square: massacre crushes China's democracy movement
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