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Making of America (Abrams) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1170L
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English
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"The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers. But Hamilton's vision put him at odds with his archrivals who envisioned a pastoral America of small towns, where governments were local, states would...
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Making of America (Abrams) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In the fourth installment in the Making of America series, Susan B. Anthony, Teri Kanefield examines the life of America's famous suffragette. Anthony was born into a world in which men ruled women: A man could beat his wife, take her earnings, have her committed into an asylum based on his word, and take her children away from her. While the young nation was ablaze with the radical notion that people could govern themselves, "people" were understood...
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