What would you do?

"Explore an important event in US history. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the historical events surrounding George Washington's famed crossing of the Delaware River, and poses critical thinking questions for the reader to debate his decision making process.

Readers will learn what it was like to be American colonists who were tired of paying British taxes and how a few patriots sought independence for all.

When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, it freed the first slaves but the Civil War continued on.

Readers will learn what it took in 1803 to make largest land purchase in the history of the United States, the Louisiana Territory and the leaders involved.

In 1848, near Sutter's Mill in California a man spotted small gold nuggets in the American River. This discovery led to the gold rush in the west.

Readers will learn the hardships faced by Washington's soldiers as they fought for independence and how the decision was made to cross the Delaware.

It's the late 1700s. Tensions are increasing between the American colonies and Great Britain. The Revolutionary War is about to begin. Will you: Fight for independence as a minuteman? OR... Fight as a patriot soldier? OR... Work to keep the colonies under British rule? Author Elaine Landau invites readers to make the important decisions during the colonies first battles against the British.

The South had been winning up to the Battle of Gettysburg. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? The author asks the reader what they would do if faced with the important decisions that were made during the Civil War.

"Explore one of the major events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.