324 ChapTEr 1 3 | a Gilded aGe | period Six 18 65 –1898Putting it All togEthEr
Revisiting the Main Point
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To what extent did changes in technology and transportation during the
Gilded Age transform labor and also encourage worker protests against the
prevailing technological order?•
Compare and contrast the migration patterns of this era with those of the
1840s.•
Compare the ideas in Documents 13.6 and 13.12. In what ways are both
products of the Gilded Age? Where do they agree and disagree?•
Although the Civil War was the greatest sectional crisis in US history,
regional differences continued to shape the United States during the Gilded
Age. Find three documents above that exemplify regional differences, and
justify your choices in three paragraphs, one for each of your choices.•
In what ways did debates over the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution continue into the Gilded Age? Choose three documents above
that support your opinion.Contextualizing Historical argument
As you learned in Chapter 2 of this textbook, contextualizing an argument means
determining key factors—such as religion, economics, and politics—that help
you understand the broad processes that are associated with a historical event
or primary document. The Applying AP® Historical Thinking Skills exercise on
contextualization in this chapter furthers this discussion by combining two op-
portunities to contextualize. You are also looking at the extent to which Mark
Twain’s assertion about the era as being “gilded” is an accurate one.
The ability to introduce multiple contexts allows you greater versatility in how
you create your argument. Consider the following prompt:Compare the ideas in Documents 13.6 (Andrew Carnegie’s “The Gospel
of Wealth”) and 13.12 (People’s Party Platform). In what ways are both
products of the Gilded Age? Where do they agree and disagree?buIlDIng AP®
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