Cornerstones of freedom. Second series
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The Library of Congress
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2)
The Lincoln-Douglas debates
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3)
The NAMES Project
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The Smithsonian Institution
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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The 2000 presidential election
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Explores the relationship between the United States and Japan that led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, and to the United States' entry into World War II.
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The FBI
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Japanese American internment camps
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The Korean War Veterans Memorial
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12)
September 11, 2001
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13)
The 1968 Democratic Convention
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The Alamo
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The Central Pacific Railroad
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Recounts events surrounding the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, the first shuttle to carry a civilian passenger, and discusses the impact of this disaster on the United States space program.
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Relates the history of race relations in the United States, focusing on the civil rights movement that began in 1954 with the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in public schools.
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Discusses the history of New Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the relationship between the colonists and the native Wampanoag people, and the harvest festival which would later become Thanksgiving Day.
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Discusses the early nineteenth-century journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark through the Louisiana Purchase and beyond, for the purpose of exploring the land and establishing friendly relations with native peoples.
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Discusses the Pilgrims' voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the colony they established after their arrival, aided by Native Americans and governed by an agreement called the Mayflower Compact.
21)
The Oklahoma City National Memorial
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22)
Old Ironsides
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, which was first published in The Youth's Companion in 1892 as part of a campaign to promote patriotism led by James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy.
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The Scopes trial
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25) The space race
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Discusses the race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first nation to send a man into space and to land on the moon, including a glimpse of historical, technological, and human factors involved.
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A description of the history and characteristics of the national monument known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Virginia, which was established after World War I to honor an unidentified soldier from each war.
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The Vietnam Memorial
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28)
Wall Street
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Air Force One
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Annapolis
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32)
Benjamin Franklin and electricity
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Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone
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35) D-Day
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Discusses the events leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.
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The Erie Canal
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses events leading up to the 1986 Iran-Contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration sold guns to Iran in exchange for hostages and assisted rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.
38)
Rachel Carson and the environmental movement
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40)
The surrender at Appomattox
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Details events that led to the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War, looks at major battles including the Battle of Yorktown, and reviews the formation of a United States government.
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The Washington Monument
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43)
The Watergate scandal
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West Point
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45)
The Wounded Knee Massacre
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Louis Armstrong and the jazz age
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48)
Rosie the Riveter
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50)
The Underground Railroad
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52)
The battles of Lexington and Concord
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53)
Building the New York subway
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54)
The great Mississippi flood of 1927
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