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9781932663204

Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968: We Shall Overcome, Some Day (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki

Noted historian Mitch Yamasaki’s anthology features speeches, oral histories, and writing of political leaders, civil rights leaders, and many of the average citizens who fought…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-20-4 (2nd ed.)     Price: 7.95     102 pages, paperback

9781579600570

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
by Wim Coleman

Accounts of Shays’ Rebellion, the Articles of Confederation, the call for a Federal Convention, key excerpts from the Virginia Plan, and notes recorded by James…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-057-0     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781579600471

Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series.  This volume introduces criminal justice in the American…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-1     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

Cry “Witch!”: The Salem Witchcraft Trials (2nd ed.)
by Lawrence Gain and Juliet H. Mofford

Amid a time of turmoil, the “afflicted girls” of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts cried out against scores of accused witches.  Smallpox epidemics, drought, and Native American…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-18-1 (2nd ed.)     Price: 7.95     78 pages, paperback

9781878668462

The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress
by Janey Beyer and JoAnne B. Weisman

The Great Depression brought devastation to America’s economy and its people.  Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-46-2     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781878668479

The New Deal: Hope for the Nation
by Cheryl Edwards

When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression.  Under his leadership, the “New…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-47-9     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781878668943

The Progressive Movement: 1900-1917
by A.J. Scopino, Jr.

The Progressive Movement evolved around the turn of the century as a response to the transformation of the country from an agricultural nation to an…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-94-3     Price: 7.95     60 pages, paperback

9781932663-242

Reconstruction: Binding the Wounds
by Cheryl Edwards

This compelling anthology of primary sources describing the period of post-Civil War reconstruction focuses on problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy and Radical…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-24-2     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

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America’s Founders
by Pat Perrin

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass’ popular Researching American History series. This volume introduces our…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-097-6     Price: $8.95     Paperback, 52 pages

9781579600697

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (2nd ed.)
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights presents the foundation documents for the United States government, as told through the original documents and words of…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-11-2     Price: 8.95     56 pages, paperback

9781579600700

The Declaration of Independence
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman

Through letters, speeches, political tracts, and summaries of the document text, this volume provides insight into the Declaration of Independence, the principles that underpin it,…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-070-9     Price: 8.95     54 pages, paperback

9781579600727

Reconstruction
by JoAnne Deitch

This compilation of primary sources provides a detailed view of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, covering freed slaves, carpetbaggers, presidential policy, Radical Republicans, social and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-072-3     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback

9781579600921

Voting in America
by JoAnne Deitch

This anthology highlights the Constitution’s treatment of voting and elections, leaders who have influenced voting practices, the electoral college, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-092-1     Price: $8.95     52 pages, paperback