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โ€‹๐Ÿ“– A History of US: โ€‹A Reconstructing America: 1865-1890 (Book 7) by Joy Hakim. "Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstruction and Reform is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly free United States. Railroad tycoons were roaring across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different American West came into being: a land of farmers, ranchers, miners, and city dwellers. Back East, large scale immigration was also going on, but not all Americans wanted newcomers in the country." โ€“ Elementary โ€ข Middle

๐Ÿ“– A History of US: An Age of Extremes: 1880-1917 โ€‹(Book 8) by Joy Hakim. "In An Age of Extremes, you'll meet Mother Jones, Ida Tarbell, Big Bill Haywood, Sam Gompers, and other movers and shakers, and get swept up in the enthusiasm of Teddy Roosevelt. You'll also watch the United States take its greatest role on the world stage since the Revolution, as it enters the bloody battlefields of Europe in World War I." โ€“ Elementary โ€ข Middle

๐Ÿ“– A History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945 โ€‹(Book 9) by Joy Hakim. "From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history." โ€“ Elementary โ€ข Middle

โ–ถ๏ธ Post-Civil War series from Crash Course. โ€œCrash Course transforms the traditional textbook model by presenting information in a fast-paced format, enhancing the learning experience.โ€ John Greenโ€™s humorous and enthusiastic lessons on Post-Civil War US History begin with Reconstruction, proceed through various eras of the 1850s and 1900, then cover World War I, Womenโ€™s Suffrage, the Twenties, and World War II. โ€“ Middle โ€ข High