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A collection of first-hand accounts that trace the history and development of the American West.

Presents the history of the Cold War through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions.

Traces the history of the United States, from 1783-1830, through excerpts from letters, pamphlets, journal entries and other documents of the time.

Traces the history of the women's rights movement in the United States, from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, through a variety of primary resources such as letters, diary entries, official government documents, newspaper articles, historical art, and photographs.

An overview of immigration to the U.S. during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, covering government policies, attitudes toward the newcomers, and the experiences of immigrants on their way to the U.S. and in their new lives; and features excerpts from primary sources.

Various primary source documents, such as slave narratives, advertisements, newspaper accounts, official documents and laws, plus art and photographs, describe the history of slavery in the United States, from the landing of the first enslaved Africans to the close of the Civil War. Includes discussion questions.

Various primary source documents, such as diary entries, newspaper accounts, political speeches, laws, popular songs, and personal letters, present the history of the era of Reconstruction in the United States. Includes discussion questions.

Describes, through excerpts from diaries, speeches, newspaper articles, and other documents of the time, the Vietnam War and related events that occurred in the United States during the 1960's, including the women's movement, the struggle for civil rights, and the generation gap. Includes review questions.

Presents the history of the United States participation in World War II, including the role of women and African Americans and the internment of Japanese Americans.