BiographyPAIREDREADGusGarcíaTakesonTexasAWomanofActionbyJaneBuxtonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Underwood&Underwood/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesandSuffixesVocabularyanticipation,defy,entitled,neutral,outspoken,reserved,sought,unequalContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordCount:1,787**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118619-8MHID:0-02-118619-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110AWomanofActionbyJaneBuxtonPAIREDREADChapter1EarlyYears....................................2Chapter2AddamsTakesAction..........................6Chapter3ChangingtheWorld..........................10RespondtoReading..........................15GusGarcíaTakesonTexas.........16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonSocialStudies........................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanpeopledotobringaboutapositivechange?bybybyJJJanananeeeBuBuBuer1YearsLibraryofCongressPrints&PhotographsDivision[LC-DIG-ggbain-18848]Evenasayounggirl,Janewantedtomakeadifferenceintheworld.Chapter1Haveyoueverwonderedwhattodowithyourlife?JaneAddamsthoughtaboutitformanyyears.Janewasbornin1860.ShegrewupastheyoungestchildinawealthyfamilyinthesmalltownofCedarville,Illinois.HermotherdiedwhenJanewasonlytwoandahalfyearsold.Janewasbroughtupbyherfather,oldersisters,andlater,herstepmother.Jane’sfather,JohnAddams,ownedseveralbusinessesandwasastatesenatorfrom1854to1870.Hewasalsoaphilanthropist,apersonwhodoescharitablethingsforothers.2...
