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Books in Cornerstones of Freedom Second Series series

  • The Challenger Disaster

    Tim McNeese

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Recounts events surrounding the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, the first shuttle to carry a civilian passenger, and discusses the impact of this disaster on the United States space program.
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  • The Scopes Trial

    Renee Graves

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A description of the historic 1925 trial in which a Tennessee high school biology teacher was accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
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  • Presidential Elections

    Miles Harvey

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Examines how presidential elections have changed over the past 200 years, discussing such topics as primaries, national conventions, television campaigns, and funding
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  • The Trail of Tears

    Peter Benoit

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 7, 2012)
    Explore the buildup to the relocation, the terrible conditions the natives were forced to suffer, and the event's impact on U.S.-Indian relations in the following years.Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. The Cornerstones of Freedom series explores what inspires people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States of America. As the United States continued to grow in the early nineteenth century, its people began to covet the land of their native neighbors. This greed led to a horrific forced relocation that we now call the Trail of Tears.
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  • The Boston Massacre

    Peter Benoit

    Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 2013)
    As tensions over taxation and a lack of government representation spread throughout Great Britains North American colonies, violent protests started to become common. On the evening of March 5, 1770, one of these protests resulted in the deaths of several Boston citizens at the hands of British soldiers. Readers will find out what drove the soldiers to fire on the protesting civilians, how the people of Boston reacted to the event, and what effect the massacre had on the development of the American Revolution.
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  • The Disability Rights Movement

    Deborah Kent

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1996)
    Traces the development of the disability-rights movement in fighting discrimination against the handicapped and in securing civil rights for the disabled
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  • The Iran-Contra Scandal

    Christine Petersen

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2004)
    Discusses events leading up to the 1986 Iran-Contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration sold guns to Iran in exchange for hostages and assisted rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.
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  • The Roaring Twenties

    R. Conrad Stein

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1994)
    Discusses the major historical events and social developments in the 1920s, including Prohibition, new inventions, the Ku Klux Klan, milestones in the arts, entertainment, and sports, and the stock market crash
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  • The Civil Rights Movement

    Jennifer Zeiger

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 8, 2011)
    Explore the important events in African American history during the struggle for civil rights in the middle years of the twentieth century.Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. The Cornerstones of Freedom series explores what inspires people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States of America.
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  • The Titanic

    Deborah Kent

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)
    Describes the disastrous 1912 sinking of the world's largest ocean liner after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage
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  • The Great Depression

    Elaine Landau

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Explains the factors that led to the Great Depression, describes the economic, political, and social conditions in the United States during that time, and examines how the New Deal helped pull the country out of its slump.
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  • Ellis Island

    R. Conrad Stein

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1992)
    Describes the history, closing, and restoration of the Ellis Island immigration center and depicts the experiences of the immigrants who came to Ellis Island at the turn of the twentieth century
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