Laws that Changed America

By: Jules Archer and Brianna DuMont

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Synopsis: Jules Archer begins with laws that opened up America—public lands and homesteading—and continues with banking, the Bill of Rights, subversion and sedition, foreign policy. Natural resources, labor, business, education and welfare, farming, Prohibition, the New Deal, the draft and G. I. Bills, slavery and civil rights. Archer chronicles the history of laws in America.Each chapter opens with a dramatic incident, and then develops the laws relating to it. Brisk up-to-date, authoritative, informative—this volume will be valuable a supplementary reading in the classroom, as well as a welcome addition to libraries across the country. Readers of all ages will find this an exciting approach to what is usually considered difficult material.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 160 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781510707092
Related ISBNs:: 9781634501767
Publisher:: Sky Pony
Date of Addition:: 02/09/23
Copyrighted By:: Jules Archer, Brianna DuMont
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Grade Levels:: Sixth grade
Reading Age:: 12–12
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Brianna DuMont