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Title:

Treasures of American history : documents presented in honor of new citizens of the United States / edited by James G. Basker & Justine Ahlstrom.

Publisher:

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

United States.--History--Sources.
United States--Sources.--Sources.

Other Authors:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Contents:

Introduction / James G. Basker -- George Washington -- Declaration of Independence, 1776 -- Thomas Jefferson -- U.S. Constitution [First draft, August 1787] -- U.S. Constitution [September 17, 1787] -- Frederick Douglass on slavery, 1857 -- An immigrant from Hungary, 1859 -- Lincoln speaks against slavery, 1858 -- Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 -- President Abraham Lincoln, 1863 -- Civil War recruiting poster, 1863 -- World War I recruiting poster, 1917 -- Ellis Island -- World War I and immigration, 1917 -- Suffragist movement -- Granting the vote to women, 1920 -- The U.S.A. in World War II -- World War II & American patriotism -- A Christmas letter from the Pacific, 1944 -- Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 -- French vote on European Constitution, 2005.

ISBN:

1932821384
9781932821383
1932821619
9781932821611

Locations:

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)