| The JUST THE FACTS series provides thorough investigation into topics ranging from history to the arts to science. This edition examines important documents drafted between 1848 and 1857 that impacted civil rights and slavery. Topics include the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments (1848), which presented a united statement of women`s rights and laid the foundation for all future women`s rights movements, the Compromise of 1850, which created the Fugitive Slave Act, and Gadsen Purchase (1853), which finalized plans for the southern transcontinental railroad. |
