The Mexican-American War (On Deck Reading Libraries: Westward Ho! ) (Reading Power: Westward Ho!)
by Emily Raabe
Describes the causes, progress, leaders, and results of the Mexican-American War.
War of 1812 (Essential Events Set 5) (Essential Events)
by Katie Marsico
Team Time Machine: The New Nation (Team Time Machine: The New Nation)
The Chumash and Their History (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover))
by Natalie M Rosinsky
Tells the story of the Spanish colonization of California and the establishment of a system of missions there in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town (Kaleidoscope Kids Books )
by Carol Johmann and Elizabeth Rieth
John Sutter (Primary Sources of Famous People in American History) (Grandes Personajes en la Historia de los Estados Unidos)
by Chris Hayhurst
Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.
In this engaging nonfiction title, readers will learn about the War of 1812, the causes of it, and how it affected American citizens. Through detailed images, stunning facts, and easy to read text, readers are introduced to ideas and events that took place during this time, including embargoes, the Treaty of Paris, the War Hawks, and the Treaty of Ghent. Readers will have the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the content through an accessible table of contents and glossary.
The progress of America after the Industrial Revolution came at the cost of many unnamed lives, and there s no story more indicative of this than the plight of the Chinese men who built the transcontinental railroad. Young readers will be transported through first-person accounts and even a Western Union telegram into the Central Pacific camp, learning how track was laid, how perilous the job was, and how deeply racism affected these men who thanklessly connected the coasts. Black-and-white phot...
Kid's Life During the Westward Expansion (How Kids Lived)
by Sara Machajewski and Sarah Machajewski
Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.
California Gold Rush, The: Stories in American History
by Linda Jacobs Altman
In this nonfiction title, readers will discover the hardships that pioneers faced as they traveled West. Readers will love the exciting and adventurous images and stunning facts about the Oregon Trail, Sutter's Mill, the Donner Party, the gold rush, Homestead Act, and even about buffalo herds! A helpful table of contents and glossary aid in readers' understanding of life on the trails and prairies.
Going West, Cowboys and Pioneers (Young Discovery Library, #21)
by Martine Courtalt
Briefly describes the movement of pioneers westward across the United States and the new occupations that came about as a result of this, such as cowboys, trappers, and prospectors.