American Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation - Couverture rigide

McComb, Marianne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0792279166 ISBN 13 : 9780792279167

Editeur : National Geographic Kids, 2005

Synopsis

American Documents the Emancipation Proclamation This book describes the roots of slavery in the United States, and examines the reasons why certain people and states were for it, while others were opposed to it. It also explains why President Lincoln issued the proclamation when he did, whom the proclamation freed, and whom it did not, and some of the effects it had on future events. Readers learn about the differences between northern and sout... Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book describes the roots of slavery in the United States, and examines the reasons why certain people and states were for it, while others were opposed to it. It also explains why President Lincoln issued the proclamation when he did, whom the proclamation freed, and whom it did not, and some of the effects it had on future events. Readers learn about the differences between northern and southern economies, how slavery became a states rights issue, how Congress struggled to maintain a balance between free and slave states, and how Lincoln's election forced 11 southern states to leave the Union and hastened the beginning of the Civil War.

Includes the full text of the Proclamation, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and portions of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Biographie de l'auteur

Marianne McComb is a writer and editor with over 50 children's books to her credit. A graduate of Miami University and the University of Chicago, she now lives in Bucks County, PA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Geographic Kids
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0792279166
• ISBN 13: 9780792279167
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible