Linda Barrett Osborne
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Guardians of Liberty explores the essential and basic American ideal of freedom of the press. Allowing the American press to publish-even if what they're reporting is contentious-without previous censure or interference by the federal government was so important to the Founding Fathers that they placed a guarantee in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Citing numerous examples from America's past, from the American Revolution to the Vietnam...
Author
Language
English
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Description
""In America, one of the first things done in a new State is to have the mail come." -Alexis de Toqueville, 1835 Who's Got Mail? is an intriguing and fact-filled look at how the mail has been delivered in the U.S. since the Constitution was signed. In the United States, the spread of the postal service went hand in hand with the spread of democracy and transportation. As settlement spread west, communication became even more important to let distant...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of slavery in the United State, from the early establishment of the slave trade prior to the American Revolution, to the abolitionist movement, emancipation, and the upheavals of the Reconstructive period of the late nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups have evolved throughout U.S. history, from 1800 to today.