Cornerstones of freedom. Second series
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The Library of Congress
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The NAMES Project
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The Smithsonian Institution
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The Industrial Revolution
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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The 2000 presidential election
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The attack on Pearl Harbor
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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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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Recounts events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, discusses what is known of the terrorists, and relates how America has responded to the tragedy.
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The 1968 Democratic Convention
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The Alamo
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The Central Pacific Railroad
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The Challenger disaster
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The civil rights movement in America: 1954-1968
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The first Thanksgiving
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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
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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.
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Old Ironsides
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The Pledge of Allegiance
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The Scopes trial
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The space race
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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The Vietnam Memorial
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Wall Street
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Air Force One
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Annapolis
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Benjamin Franklin and electricity
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The Boston Massacre
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Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone
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D-Day
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The Erie Canal
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The Iran-Contra scandal
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Rachel Carson and the environmental movement
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The surrender at Appomattox
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The surrender at Yorktown
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The Washington Monument
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The Watergate scandal
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West Point
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The Wounded Knee Massacre
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46) Ellis Island
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
Presents the history of the Barge Office, Ellis Island's immigration station, which opened in 1900 and still stands today.
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Louis Armstrong and the jazz age
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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The Underground Railroad
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The Great Depression
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The battles of Lexington and Concord
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Building the New York subway
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The Manhattan Project
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The U.S. Supreme Court
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