History of America

Describes the history of Spanish missions in the Old West and how they helped to shape the development of the region.

Learn about the Santa Fe Trail, used primarily as a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Explores the history of the territories and former territories of the United States.

Describes the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Photographs and illustrations provide the history and describe the geographic and engineering challenges of building the Erie Canal.

Photographs and illustrations provide the history of epic battles of the Civil War.

The Spanish claim to territories that are today the United States rested upon the 16th century exploits of Ponce de Leon, Hernando De Soto, and Francisco V?zquez de Coronado. The Spanish colonies in America at one time or another were comprised of South America, Central America, Mexico, most of the United States and the Caribbean.

Waves of immigrants have altered and defined the United States throughout its history; this book introduces readers to the many groups who arrived from around the world.

Photographs and illustrations provide the history of the time period after the Civil War in the south, describing how freed slaves received few rights and attempts at reconstruction and reunification met with many obstacles.

Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, the Santa Fe trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories.