Mother of exiles. Declaration of sentiments -- #t Compromise of 1850 -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Kansas-Nebraska Act -- Dred Scott v Sandford -- "House Divided" speech -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Gettysburg Address -- Thirteenth Amendment -- Fourteenth Amendment -- Fifteenth Amendment -- Plessy v Ferguson -- Chinese Exclusion Act -- Dawes Severality Act -- White man's burden -- Mother of exiles.
Summary:
"In the Great American Documents series, the teacher and graphic-book author Ruth Ashby and the renowned illustrator Ernie Colón tell the story of the United States through the major speeches, laws, proclamations, court decisions, and essays that shaped it. The Great American Documents:Volume I introduces as series narrator none other than Uncle Sam, who walks us through twenty essential documents. Each document gets a chapter, in which Uncle Sam explains its key passages, its origins, how it came to be written, and its impact. This graphic primer is an indispensable resource for students and any one else who wants the facts of American history close at hand"-- from publisher's web site.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.