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Bleeding Kansas
Richard Reece
出版ABDO Publishing Company, 2012-01-01
主題Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / BullyingJuvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / ViolenceJuvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Suicide
ISBN16147860629781614786061
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mO56AgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This title examines an important historic event - bleeding Kansas. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of America during this violent time period as territories entered the Union as free or slave states. Readers will learn about the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the man behind it, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the signer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, President Franklin Pierce, and the effects of this event on society. Also discussed are the abolition movement, Nat Turner's Rebellion, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.