1849-1877

On the way to California with their kind new master, thirteen-year-old Jacob, his mother, and other slaves are caught up in adventures that include trying to stop a plot to help the South secede from the Union.

In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

Examines Civil War America from 1850 to 1875, providing information about its natural history and geography, Native Americans, the economy and population, government and Reconstruction, and pre-and post-war culture.

Presents thirty-five source documents and modern essays on nineteenth-century American history, covering the Civil War and its causes, Reconstruction, land disputes with Native Americans, and issues in the Gilded Age. Includes a chronology and a further-reading list.

Presents primary documents showing the positions of the American presidents spanning the years 1849-77 on important issues of the times, as well as those of their opponents; includes such topics as the Fugitive Slave Act, the military draft, and the acquisition of Alaska.

In conjunction with a ten-year exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society, beginning January 1990.

A biography of the woman who along with her husband, an Army officer, explorer, and legislator, took part in some of the most important events of nineteenth-century America including the exploration of the west and the formation of the Republican Party.

Explores six generations of American life through the break-through development of photography.