PAIREDREADGusGarcíaTakesonTexasAWomanofActionbyJaneBuxtonBiographySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Underwood&Underwood/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesandSuffixesVocabularyanticipation,defy,entitled,neutral,outspoken,reserved,sought,unequalContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordCount:2,110**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119073-7MHID:0-02-119073-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110AWomanofActionbyJaneBuxtonbybybyJJanananeeeBuBuBuPAIREDREADChapter1EarlyYears....................................2Chapter2AddamsTakesAction...........................6Chapter3ChangingtheWorld...........................10RespondtoReading...........................15GusGarcíaTakesonTexas...........16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonSocialStudies........................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanpeopledotobringaboutapositivechange?LibraryofCongressPrints&PhotographsDivision[LC-DIG-ggbain-18848]Evenasayounggirl,Janewantedtomakeadifferenceintheworld.Chapter1Haveyoueverwonderedwhattodowithyourlife?JaneAddamsspentalongtimefiguringoutwhatherlife’sworkwasgoingtobe.Janewasbornin1860andgrewupastheyoungestchildinawealthyfamilyinthesmalltownofCedarville,Illinois.HermotherdiedwhenJanewasonlytwoandahalfyearsold,soJanewasraisedbyherfather,oldersisters,andlater,herstep-mother.Jane’sfather,JohnAddams,ownedseveralbusinessesandwasinvolvedinpolitics.Hewasastatesenatorfrom1854to1870.Mr.Addamswasalsoap...
