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c2005., Rourke Pub. Call No: 973.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Documents that shaped the nationSummary Note: Presents a study of the Constitution of the United States and the events leading up to its inception including the War of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, preamble, articles, and Amendments.
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c2005., Rourke Pub. Call No: 973.3 13 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Documents that shaped the nationSummary Note: Examines the Declaration of Independence and the events leading up to its formation including British oppression and taxes, the Sons of Liberty, First and Second Continental Congresses, and Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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2004., Rourke Pub. Call No: 973.7 14 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Documents that shaped the nationSummary Note: Examines the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln that gave freedom to all slaves living in territory still held by the Confederacy and provides information on the slave trade, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Underground Railroad, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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c2005., Rourke Pub. Call No: 973.7 349 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Documents that shaped the nationSummary Note: Presents the Gettysburg Address and describes the causes of the Civil War, the practice of slavery in America, the Battle of Gettysburg, and Abraham Lincoln's composition of the speech, and also explains how the document has been preserved.
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2004., Juvenile, Rourke Pub. Call No: 974.4 8202 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Documents that shaped the nationSummary Note: Examines the formation of the Mayflower Compact and its importance as the first written document of self-government in the new world and provides information on the early settlers and the reasons they left England as well as the struggles of the Plymouth Plantation.