"Examines World War II in the Pacific, including the causes of the war between Japan and the United States, the important battles and leaders, life for soldiers and life on the homefront, and how the war ended"--Provided by publisher.

Follows the history of Texas from the first settlements of Americans on Spanish land in the 1820s to its annexation as an official state in 1845.

Describes the 1929 stock market crash and the events and effects of the depression that followed, including the New Deal programs intended to restore the economy.

Relates the circumstances of the United States' involvement with the Barbary States of North Africa in the early years of the nineteenth century.

Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

Describes the events of the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944, the largest invasion ever attempted in history.

Relates the events surrounding the completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, in 1869.

Describes the Federal government's seizure of Cherokee land in Georgia and the forced migration of the Cherokee Nation along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

An account of the naval duel fought in the Chesapeake Bay between the opposing ironclads of the North and the South.

Discusses the causes and consequences of the battles which marked the beginning of the American revolution, in April 1775, after local militiamen were warned by Paul Revere that British troops had set out from Boston.