Facts on File library of American history

Presents a collection of chronologically arranged entries of America's first ladies, from Martha Washington, to Laura Bush, and includes brief biographical information, as well as explaining their roles and responsibilities in the White House.

Contains the texts of fifty-six inaugural addresses given by U.S. presidents between 1789 through 2009, which covers George Washington through Barack Obama, and provides explanatory essays that discuss key themes and issues for each speech.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the origins, evolution, organization, personnel, equipment, weapons, terms, and training associated with the Navy SEALs, and includes an introductory essay that traces the history of the elite fighting force.

Contains over one hundred loose-leaf, reproducible pages that provide maps, graphs, drawings, photographs, and other graphic sources of information on the history of the Hispanic-American people; grouped chronologically in six historical eras, with an introductory overview.

Contains reproducible graphs, maps, photographs, drawings, and other graphic sources of information on the history of people of Asian descent in the U.S., with accompanying text and timelines; organized chronologically in five historical eras.

Chronicles the history of African-American descent and their influence on U.S. history and culture and chronicles important events and people through black-and-white and color photographs, sixty-seven maps, graphs, diagrams, and line illustrations.

Profiles the lives and careers of the 108 men and women who have served as justices on the Supreme Court as of 2001, providing information about some of the most important cases that have been decided by the Court; and includes a chronology of U.S. political history, portraits, and other reference tools.

Chronicles the history of Asian-American descent and their influence on U.S. history and culture and chronicles important events and people through black-and-white and color photographs, sixty maps, graphs, diagrams, and line illustrations.

Examines the roles of African-Americans in the political process from the early days of the American Revolution to the present, focusing on political ideas, court cases, laws, concepts, ideologies, institutions, and political processes.

A biographical dictionary profiling the presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Barack H. Obama.