"Uses primary sources to tell the story of slavery in the United States"--

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the witch hunt and trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century.

Examines the events and key figures behind the formation and operation of the Underground Railroad, the secretive and illegal organization that helped American slaves escape to freedom in the northern United States and Canada.

Primary source documents and narratives recount the War of 1812, from the U.S. declaring war against Great Britain in 1812 to the Treaty of Ghent in 1815.

Examines the events and key figures behind the last campaigns of the Civil War and Robert E. Lee's surrender to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

"Europeans widened their world in a search for goods, land, raw materials, and other objects that created wealth in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. View documents, maps, art, and the words from the people and events that marked this interaction of world cultures"--Provided by the publisher.

This book introduces the life of Abigail Adams, the wife of President John Adams, an independent woman who ran a farm in her husband's absence and spoke and wrote about women's rights.

This book describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to present the history of the Mexican American War.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how the mid-nineteenth century California gold rush affected Americans and immigrants and how it shaped history.