Votes for Women! (Movements and Moments That Changed America)
by Larry A Van Meter
The Muckrakers: Ida Tarbell Takes on Big Business (Hidden Heroes)
by Valerie Bodden
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West, c1835–c1895 Student Book (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1))
by Rob Bircher
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
“Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with refreshing attention to detail.”—The New York Times Book Review For nearly 150 years, American women did not have the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, they won that right, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified at last. To achieve that victory, some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes...
In the mid- to late-nineteenth century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a fiery war was under way to be the first to light - and run - the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in thi...
Turning Points: Abolition of Slavery 1863 Cased (Turning Points in History)
An examination of the abolition of slavery in 1863, a major historical watershed. It recounts the chain of events leading up to this event, and the repercussions, both immediate and long-term. It also evaluates the concept of a turning point, assessing in what way this event really was one. The volume is designed to be thought-provoking, but its approach is direct and seeks to embrace the views of ordinary people. It ties in with the National Curriculum and features photographs, reproductions of...
The Age of Reform and Industrialization: 1896-1920 (American history by era)
by Roman Espejo
Examining Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth (American Debates and Speeches)
by Alex David
In the spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boys, and Susan B. Anthony, a thirty-one year old, unmarried, former school teacher. Immediately drawn to each other, they formed an everlasting and legendary friendship. Together, they challenged entrenched beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women and spearheaded the fight to gain legal rights, including the right to vote despite fierce oppositi...
A biography of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
Historical Sources on Westward Expansion (America's Story)
by Chet'la Sebree
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Foundation The American West, c1835–c1895 Student Book (Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Foundation History)
by Rob Bircher
We’ve worked with teachers to develop versions of our core textbooks that feature reduced content and language level, providing greater support and enabling students of all abilities to progress. Now available for the seven most popular options, these foundation versions help make the GCSE content more accessible and are designed to be easy-to-use alongside the core textbooks in a mixed ability classroom and are also ideal for home learning. How have we made them more accessible? We’v...
The American West, 1840–1895 (Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4)
by Mike Mellor
This book meets the requirements of the Study in Depth part of SHP (Schools History Project) GCSE History syllabuses. It concentrates on the way the American West was settled and developed by various groups of people between 1840 and 1895, and the impact of this settlement on the Native American peoples. Through enquiry based investigations the book explores the reasons for the settlement of the American West, the conflicts which resulted from the clash of different cultures and life styles, an...
The Pullman Strike of 1894 (American Workers) (Great Events)
by Rosemary Laughlin
Plains Indian Wars 1864-1890 (Living Through. . .)
by Andrew Langley
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus)
by Lawrence Goldstone
The Civil War
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Pennsylvania in a daring offensive to win the Civil War in a single campaign. They met the Union Army at a quiet crossroads town called Gettysburg and engaged in the greatest battle ever fought on American soil. Three days of combat ended on July 3 with Pickett’s Charge, a heroic assault by nine of Lee’s brigades against the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge. Their repulse at the stone wall became known a...