HOME Popular Books Popular Audioooks Popular Textbooks Popular Freebooks More Genres

Book

Audiobook

Genres

1919 The Year That Changed America

By Martin W. Sandler

Release : 2019-11-07

Genre : History for Kids, Books, Kids, Fiction for Kids, Social Issues in Kids Fiction

Kind : ebook

4 (0 ratings)
WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as the Red Summer. The suffrage movement had a long-fought win when women gained the right to vote. Laborers took to the streets to protest working conditions; nationalistic fervor led to a communism scare; and temperance gained such traction that prohibition went into effect. Each of these movements reached a tipping point that year.

Now, one hundred years later, these same social issues are more relevant than ever. Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing that progress isn't always a straight line and offering a unique lens through which we can understand history and the change many still seek.

1919 The Year That Changed America

By Martin W. Sandler

Release : 2019-11-07

Genre : History for Kids, Books, Kids, Fiction for Kids, Social Issues in Kids Fiction

Kind : ebook

4 (0 ratings)
WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as the Red Summer. The suffrage movement had a long-fought win when women gained the right to vote. Laborers took to the streets to protest working conditions; nationalistic fervor led to a communism scare; and temperance gained such traction that prohibition went into effect. Each of these movements reached a tipping point that year.

Now, one hundred years later, these same social issues are more relevant than ever. Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing that progress isn't always a straight line and offering a unique lens through which we can understand history and the change many still seek.

advertisement

Access e-books

More By Martin W. Sandler

Lost to Time

1919 The Year That Changed America

The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found

Apollo 8

The Letters of John F. Kennedy

Resolute

America Through the Lens

Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation

Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself

Shipwrecked!