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Handout G: Graphic Organizer: Comparing Reformers

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Published: Nov 12, 2020

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Graphic Organizer: Comparing Reformers

(Graphic Organizer in PDF)

REVIEW QUESTIONS

Highlight common themes that emerge in the documents related to farmers’ concerns in the Gilded Age. For example, you might use green for methods of increasing the money supply, yellow for opposition to interests the farmers thought treated them unfairly, and so on for other themes you identify.
What similarities to current events can you identify?

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