1815-1861

Presents a pictorial history of the Civil War profiling notable events, personalities, weapons, and battles. Features quotes, captioned photographs and illustrations, maps, and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution.

Brief profiles of the first five Presidents of the United States describing how each helped to shape the nation from 1750 to the early 1800s.

Contains primary and secondary source articles that document significant developments and events in the history of the United states from 1784 to 1850, discussing the formation of the government, expansion, the Jacksonian age and Manifest Destiny.

Discusses the political lives and times of the first six United States presidents, as well as general information about the presidency.

Discusses the period of growth in American history prior to the Civil War, describing the lives of people from a variety of backgrounds, including Jedediah Smith, Emily Dickinson, John James Audubon, and Sojourner Truth.

Primary source materials present different aspects of the Civil War, including the debate over slavery, secession of the Confederate States, the war itself, and life for the slaves after emancipation.

Twelve-year-old Colton, son of an African-American mother and a white father, takes a job with the Pony Express in 1860 after his father abandons the family on their California-bound wagon train, and risks his life to deliver an important letter that may affect the growing conflict between the North and South.

The history of the United States from the Mexican-American War to the end of the Civil War, illustrated with a few photographs.

Describes the history and building of the Erie Canal in the early 1800s, and explains the effects of the canal on the developing nation.

An easy-to-read account of how the death of a pig nearly caused a war between the Americans and the British.