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5) What are the Articles of Confederation?: and other questions about the birth of the United States
Author
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Answers questions about the Articles of Confederation and the circumstances around its creation and dismissal.
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Combines background commentary with quotes from Lincoln's letters, speeches, and public papers to provide a personal view of his life, thoughts, and actions.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This book features illustrations, original documents, photographs and first-person narratives to give an account of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Includes a time line (p. 118-119).
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and briefly examines the contents of the document itself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea Clubhouse
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the framing of the Declaration of Independence and the meaning of the document, describing the circumstances leading to the Revolutionary War and some of the challenges faced by the men who wrote the document.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the events and personalities that shaped this country, from the hotly contested election of 1800 which brought Thomas Jefferson into office through the westward expansion to the War of 1812 and James Madison's presidency.
16) La Constitución
Author
Publisher
Rourke
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Explains the formation of the United States Constitution, the people involved in getting it ratified, and how it changed government.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the events that lead up to the American colonies declaring independence from Great Britain, and discusses the contents, writing, and signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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