Primary sources in American history

Presents a history of Manifest Destiny in America and discusses the annexation of Texas and expansion into the Pacific Northwest and California, the Mexican War and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and acquisitions of Hawaii and Alaska territories.

Chronicles the history of the Homestead Act of 1862 which offered settlers up to one hundred sixty acres of land in the American Plains and invoked a horde of prospective homesteaders including new immigrants, women, and freed slaves.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.

Uses documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Reconstruction, as the government and people worked to recover from the Civil War.

Chronicles the eighteen-month history of the Pony Express which operated from April 1860 to October 1861 from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco and describes the planning, hardships, and ultimate end with the invention of the telegraph.