This compelling anthology of primary sources describing the period of post-Civil War reconstruction focuses on problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy and Radical Republicans, social and economic problems in the South, Black Codes, the KKK, and the move to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Primary sources include ...
When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression. Under his leadership, the "New Deal" quickly began to take shape. The series of programs gave the federal government a more substantial role in helping the nation's economy return to and then stay on a steady and prosperous course. ...
Byrdcliffe is a colony founded as a center for artists and craftsmen in Woodstock. New York, in 1902-1903. It was started by Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead, a wealthy British disciple of John Ruskin and William Morris, who determined to make his mentors' visions of a communal arts and crafts colony a reality. In 1902 he bought twelve hundred acres on a ...
The Louisiana Purchase begins this saga of the West. Primary sources include writings of Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Crockett, and Boone. Scouts, trappers, and traders are presented. A frontiersman writes about his observations on the life of the early settlers. Maps, drawings, a timeline, and suggested further reading are included.
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