Nelson, Sheila

Examines the westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, and discusses the Mexican War, Oregon Trail, Transcontinental Railroad, and conflicts with Native Americans.

Examines American settlement into the Texas territory in 1820, their years of conflict with the Mexican government, The Battle of the Alamo, Texas independence, and entrance into the United States.

Examines the thirteen original colonies and the birth of America as a nation and describes how the colonists took a stand against British oppression, the creation of a republic, Constitutional Convention and new government, and features biographical sketches.

Presents the history of the northern colonies of colonial American between 1600 and 1700 and discusses the Separatists and Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony and the formation of the early colonies of New England.

Examines territorial expansion in the years following the Civil War and discusses the people and land of Alaska and its purchase from Russia in 1868, the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, strategic military importance to the U.S., and statehood in 1959.

Examines Thomas Jefferson's concept of American equality and justice and discusses the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and features biographical sketches on important people.