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2004., PowerKids Press Call No: 304 SIO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: Provides a brief history of slavery in the United States, and discusses the migration of African-Americans to other parts of the country after the Civil War.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Benchmark Books Call No: 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great journeysSummary Note: Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.
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1999, Juvenile, Twenty-first Century Books Call No: 973 .0496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.
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2004., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Primary Source Call No: 307.76 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: This book describes the industrialization of nineteenth-century America, the movement of people from rural areas to cities, and the arrival of immigrants settling in cities.
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2004., PowerKids Press Call No: 305.1 SIO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: Explores immigration, migration, and the growth of the American city and includes information about factory towns, early working conditions, child labor, unions, and the railroad industry.
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2004., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Primary Source Call No: 330.973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: This book describes how inventions such as the cotton gin transformed America from an agricultural country to an industrial one.
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2004., PowerKids Press Call No: 330 SIO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: Describes how inventions such as the cotton gin transformed America from an agricultural country to an industrial one, and led to both problems and opportunities.
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c1999., Juvenile, Crabtree Pub. Co. Call No: 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the reasons people migrated West, the routes they took, some of the difficulties faced by pioneers, the different ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the settlers, and the building of homes and towns.