Discovering History Series: Let Freedom Ring

This volume in American history picks up where “Sweet Land of Liberty” leaves off, at World War I, and continues through Modern Day history. Geared toward high school students, this volume not only covers US Presidents during this time period, but also tough topics such as abortion, Roe vs. Wade, the Vietnam War, Racial Segregation and the Fight to Eliminate It, Watergate, and more, from the Christian perspective you’ve come to know and trust in our books. Here is the list of items your student will be placing on his timeline during this study, which encompasses much more:

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Timeline Events:
Election of Woodrow Wilson - 1912
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles - June 28, 1919
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany - 1933
Great Depression - 1929-1939
Presidency of Calvin Coolidge - 1923-1929
Presidency of Herbert Hoover- 1929-1933
Presidency of FDR - 1933-1945
Social Security Act - 1935
First Dead Sea Scrolls discovered - 1946
Hitler Invades Poland - 1939
Churchill elected Prime Minister - 1940
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor - Dec 7, 1941
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan - August, 1945
Founding of NATO - April 4, 1949
D-Day - June 6, 1944
The Korean War - 1950-1953
Brown v Board of Education - May 17, 1954
Assassination of John F. Kennedy - November 22, 1963
Rosa Parks’ defiance - December 5, 1955
March on Washington - August 28, 1963
Beginning of the Vietnam War - November 1, 1955
The Tet Offensive - January - September, 1968
Fall of Saigon - April 30, 1975
Nixon becomes President - January 20, 1969
Nixon Resigns - August 8, 1974
Roe v. Wade - January 22, 1973
Inauguration of Jimmy Carter - January 20, 1977
Inauguration of Ronald Reagan - January 20, 1982
Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate - June 12, 1987
Inauguration of George H.W. Bush - January 20, 1989
Inauguration of William J. Clinton - January 20, 1993
Bill Clinton Impeached - December 19, 1998
Attack on America - September 11, 2001
Inauguration of Barack Obama - January 20, 2008
Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage - June 26, 2015
Election of Donald Trump - November 8, 2016

This book is 229 pages, spiral bound, and consumable - each child will need his own book, which may not be photocopied. Written by: Kiley Queen, Story by Whitney Ann Dotson