Cornerstones of freedom. Second series

Author

Sakurai, Gail January, Brendan Brimner, Larry Dane Collins, Mary Nelson, Sharlene Landau, Elaine McGowen, Tom De Capua, Sarah Stein, R. Conrad Santella, Andrew Evans, Clark J McNeese, Tim Webster, Christine Whitcraft, Melissa Wachtel, Roger Graves, Renee Riley, Gail Blasser Good, Diane Petersen, Christine Elish, Dan Kimmel, Heidi Jango-Cohen, Judith Hudson, Wade Kent, Deborah

1) The Library of Congress

Author

Sakurai, Gail

2) The Lincoln-Douglas debates

Author

January, Brendan

3) The NAMES Project

Author

Brimner, Larry Dane

4) The Smithsonian Institution

Author

Collins, Mary

5) The Industrial Revolution

Author

Collins, Mary

6) The Golden Gate Bridge

Author

Nelson, Sharlene

7) The 2000 presidential election

Author

Landau, Elaine

8) The attack on Pearl Harbor

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Cornerstones of freedom. Second series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2002

Language

English

Description

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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.

9) The FBI

Author

De Capua, Sarah

10) Japanese American internment camps

Author

Sakurai, Gail

11) The Korean War Veterans Memorial

Author

Stein, R. Conrad

Series

Cornerstones of freedom. Second series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

12) September 11, 2001

Author

Santella, Andrew

13) The 1968 Democratic Convention

Author

McGowen, Tom

14) The Alamo

Author

McGowen, Tom

15) The Central Pacific Railroad

Author

Evans, Clark J.

16) The Challenger disaster

Author

McNeese, Tim

17) The civil rights movement in America: 1954-1968

Author

Landau, Elaine

18) The first Thanksgiving

Author

Santella, Andrew

19) The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Webster, Christine

Series

Cornerstones of freedom. Second series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

Description

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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.

20) The Mayflower Compact

Author

Whitcraft, Melissa

21) The Oklahoma City National Memorial

Author

Stein, R. Conrad

22) Old Ironsides

Author

Wachtel, Roger

23) The Pledge of Allegiance

Author

Webster, Christine

24) The Scopes trial

Author

Graves, Renee

25) The space race

Author

McNeese, Tim

26) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Author

Wachtel, Roger

27) The Vietnam Memorial

Author

De Capua, Sarah

28) Wall Street

Author

Whitcraft, Melissa

29) The abolitionist movement

Author

Landau, Elaine

30) Air Force One

Author

January, Brendan

31) Annapolis

Author

Stein, R. Conrad

32) Benjamin Franklin and electricity

Author

Riley, Gail Blasser

33) The Boston Massacre

Author

Santella, Andrew

34) Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone

Author

Good, Diane

35) D-Day

Author

McGowen, Tom

36) The Erie Canal

Author

Stein, R. Conrad

37) The Iran-Contra scandal

Author

Petersen, Christine

38) Rachel Carson and the environmental movement

Author

Landau, Elaine

Series

Cornerstones of freedom. Second series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

Description

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Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings in Pennsylvania through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."