Central Kansas Library System

"The question of whether to make the United States a slave country or to make all people free was the question that pitted the states against each other in a brutal battle. In The Civil War: The Struggle that Divided America, readers ages 12-15 explore this conflict through the eyes and ears of the men and women who were touched by the clash that left more than 700,000 soldiers dead. Following the American Revolution, slavery was enshrined in the...

Presents primary source materials related to the discovery and settlement of America and daily life in the colonies, including the experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

Describes and illustrates the historical, political, military, social, and cultural aspects of the Revolutionary War through a variety of images created during that period.

Presents primary source materials covering postwar peace and isolationism, the growth of the fear of Communism, the Cold War, and new realizations about the atomic age.

Presents an overview of the conflict surrounding World War I and it's aftermath, including the Great Depression.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate key events during the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War.

Excerpts from diaries and letters help chronicle the events which lead to the formation of the Kansas Territory and describe how abolitionists and slaveowners tried to influence whether it would become a slave state or free.

Presents an overview of the time before, during, and after World War II, giving a different view of the past and an appreciation for our heritage.

Presents primary source materials covering such major social and political events in United States history as the civil rights movement, the Great Society, and the Vietnam war and anti-war sentiment.

Examines the events and key figures behind the incredibly adventurous and treacherous exploration of the United States' western frontier.