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Topic overview
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State overview
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State overview
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200875 pages
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Country overview
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Biography
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Viewpoint essay
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Bibliography
Aaron, Daniel. The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War. New York: Knopf, 1973. Adams, Ephraim D. Great Britain and the American Civil War. 2 vols. London and New York: Longmans, 1925. Allen, Gay W. The...
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Excerpt, Law overvie...
Lan Dong Proposed by Republican Clare Boothe Luce and Democrat Emanuel Celler in 1943, the Luce-Celler Act was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1946. The act allowed a quota of 100 Filipinos and 100 Indians...
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Topic overview
Presidential speeches have exerted a vital impact on how the American people have understood and discussed major issues throughout the history of the country. The most memorable and often most important presidential...
201919 pages
Geographic overview
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20185 pages
Report
Date: January 21, 1998 Author: Staff Writers for Washington Post Genre: News story The Lewinsky scandal was a 1998 scandal surrounding a sexual relationship that took place between President Bill Clinton and Monica...
20143 pages
Event overview
On November 6, 1928, Herbert Hoover was elected president of the United States in a landslide. The stock market was performing at unprecedented levels, and there was a Catholic confidence in rising prices and riches for...
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Biography
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Excerpt, Topic overv...
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200833 pages
Topic overview
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20083 pages
Biography
Born February 10, 1947, in Keene, NH; daughter of Roland (a technical representative) and Margaret (a secretary) Benson; married Jim Haskins (an author; deceased); children: Margaret Emily. Education: University of...
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20073 pages
Topic overview
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Born February 10, 1947, in Keene, NH; daughter of Roland (a technical representative) and Margaret (a secretary) Benson; married Jim Haskins (an author; deceased); children: Margaret Emily. Education: University of...
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Women's lives changed dramatically during the period from 1900 to 1940. During the first two decades of the century, women fought for and won the right to vote. The women's suffrage movement divided households and made...
Origin of State Name: Named for the Duke of York (later King James II) in 1664.Nickname: The Empire State.Capital: Albany.Entered Union: 26 July 1788 (11th).Official Seal: The coat of arms surrounded by the words "The...
The following list focuses on works written for readers of middle school or high school age. Books aimed at adult readers have been included when they are especially important in providing information or analysis that...