@lt;DIV@gt;Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Research American History series. In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. The trials and achievements of those in the movement for voting rights for women are expressed in the Report of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, a speech by Sojourner Truth, letters, journals, newspaper accounts, poetry, songs, and photographs.@lt;/div@gt;

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Researching American History series. This volume introduces our nation's founders, with an overview of their political convictions and their effect on the formation of the American government. This anthology includes brief biographical information and a few choice words from several of our nation's Founders, including John Adams, Aaron Burr, John Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,...