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2009., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B BELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Milestones in American historySummary Note: A biography of Alexander Graham Bell that examines his life, influences, accomplishments, and legacy. Features black-and-white photographs, informative text, a chronology, a timeline, and a list of resources for further study.
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2011., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 973.3 115 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American historySummary Note: Examines the history and politics of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 from the perspective of both the American colonists and the British people back in England on the tea tax and differences in representation, highlighting this event's significance to the American spirit of independence.
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By Nardo, Don1995., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 973.2 NAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in Black American historySummary Note: Explains how slaves were brought to the New World in 1619.
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2009., Juvenile, Chelsea Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American history.Summary Note: Examines the history and lasting impact of the California gold rush of the late 1840s and 1850s.
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c2007., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 342.73 Has Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Milestones in American History.Summary Note: Using biographical sketches, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, discusses the reasons behind and impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or ethnicity.
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1994., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 973.5 PAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in Black American historySummary Note: An examination of the Underground Railroad, slave resistance, the Seminole Wars, & the abolition movement. Among the milestone events for this era that open this book are the efforts of abolitionists, the Seminole Wars, the slave revolt on the Amistad, the publication of the North Star by Frederick Douglass, & the efforts of Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad.
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2007., Juvenile, Chelsea Call No: 621.3 Son Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American history.Summary Note: Describes the life of Thomas Edison and examines the impact of his invention of the light bulb on daily life.
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By McNeese, Timc2009, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American historySummary Note: Explores the history of the Oregon Trail and the time of the Westward expansion between the 1840s and the 1860s.
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2007., Juvenile, Chelsea Call No: 629.4 Cro Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American history.Summary Note: Examines the development and launch of the first satellites into outer space by the Soviet Union and the United States.
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c2007., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 332.64 Lan Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Milestones in American history
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c2007., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 385.09 Ren Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Milestones in American history.
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c2007., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 973.3 17 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in American historySummary Note: Examines the events and individuals surrounding the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which marked the end of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain. Discusses the roles of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay in representing the United States in negotiations that brought about the resolution of the American Revolution.
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1995., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 973.918 DOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Milestones in Black American historySummary Note: During the period between 1948 and 1956 thousands of Americans went to war in Korea and Vietnam, the NAACP became active, Ralph Bunche became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize and Gwendolyn Brooks became the first to receive the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and the Supreme Court declared segregation to be illegal.
