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Presents information on each of the fifty states, including statehood date, population, and nickname ; and includes a color illustration of the state bird and flower.

A collection of essays by political historians that offer a critical look at the presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, discussing the big issues that shaped the Obama years, including the conservative backlash, race, the financial crisis, health care, crime, drugs, counterterrorism, Iraq and Afghanistan, the environment, immigration, education, gay rights, and urban policy.

Looks at the history of New York through significant objects, including a Checker taxicab, conductor's baton, and beads from The African Burial Ground.