Examines twelve significant events in America's westward expansion, including the Mormon settlement, the Sand Creek Massacre, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, each with a selection of documents, speeches, and other primary materials.
Uses primary source materials, including letters and magazine articles of the time, to examine the exploration and conquest of the American West by explorers and settlers of European descent.
Contains a selection of primary and secondary source articles that provide insight into the origins, conduct, and outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Contains edited texts of thirty-one notable Congressional laws on the First Amendment, each with information on the intent and purpose of the law, a summary of its substance, explanation of terms, background, and discussion of the law's impact.
Excerpts from diaries and letters help chronicle the events which lead to the formation of the Kansas Territory and describe how abolitionists and slaveowners tried to influence whether it would become a slave state or free.
Uses letters, excerpts from journals and diaries, newspaper articles, and other primary source material to provide a look at life during the second half of the nineteenth century when many Americans moved westward.
