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Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1932, at the peak of the Great Depression, 13 million Americans were without jobs. Once full of prosperity and abundance, America had become a land of failing banks, factory strikes, and homeless families. Then, with the 1933 presidential election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his offer of a new deal for the American people, the country began to feel hope again. Author R. Conrad Stein examines FDR's presidency, the sweeping changes he initiated,...
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 38
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Gerald Ford was the first person to become vice president and president without being elected to either office. He became vice president on the nomination of President Richard Nixon in 1973 to replace vice president Spiro Agnew, who had resigned. Nine months later, in August 1974, Nixon resigned also, as a result of the Watergate scandal, and Ford became president. Seeking to end the long controversy over Watergate, Ford soon granted a pardon to Nixon...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the facts and tall tales about Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, who, along with Benedict Arnold, led the Green Mountain Boys in capturing Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.
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