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Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the events that led Napoleon Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory and the difficulties that Thomas Jefferson had in making the purchase that doubled the size of the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Travel alongside pioneers as they cross the vast plains, deserts, and mountains of North America. Explore the routes the settlers took, experience daily life in a wagon train, and discover the dangers that families faced on the trails.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uncharted Territory In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French for $15,000,000. The purchase made President Jefferson's dream of extending the U.S. west of the Mississippi River come true. Now the much larger United States had difficult questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided into states? Would those states be free states or slave states? What would happen to the Native Americans?...
Author
Series
Fact finders. Cause and effect volume Juvenile literature
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explains westward expansion in the United States and its impact"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of American westward expansion, including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon kingdom of Deseret, Manifest Destiny, the California gold rush, the population of the plains, and the legacy of the American frontier.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the age of Manifest Destiny and the American West. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a traveler on the Oregon Trail, a laborer, or a Sioux warrior"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Explores the role of rivers as roads in the exploration and westward expansion of America since precolonial times, discussing the histories of the Hudson, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, and Colorado rivers, the Rio Grande, and the Erie Canal.
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses colonial America's need for a route to the west, how the Wilderness Road developed, early explorers and settlements along its path, and the impact it had on western expansion.
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