Your Assignment
Historians examine primary source documents to help them answer historical questions. You will do
the same on your AP Exam in the Document-Based Question (DBQ). In a DBQ, not only do you
examine and analyze evidence, but you also evaluate it for its value in answering a historical inquiry
question.
Now you will examine a few primary source documents that relate to the farmers’ experiences in the
Gilded Age. Your task is to summarize each and explain its value in responding to this historical
question:
How did farmers have their own “Gilded Age”?
Steps:
1. Read and analyze each of the following documents in the template using the HAP-P
process. The four documents are:
○ Document 1—“Gift for the Grangers” poster illustration
○ Document 2—Value of Crops per Bushel chart
○ Document 3—Excerpt from a National Grange circular
○ Document 4—“The Populist Paul Revere” political cartoon
2. Use this template to summarize each document and explain why it is significant to the
historical question. You will also evaluate the documents against each other in a separate
reflection. Be sure to draw connections between elements in each document and the
importance of each one.
Historical Question: How did farmers have their own “Gilded Age”?
Document 1—"Gift for the Grangers"
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1. Write a summary of Document 1.
Document 1 shows how agriculture was starting to take off in success as well as
promoting the field of farming. The picture is divided into sub pictures, which each tell a
different aspect of agriculture. Some sub pictures demonstrate the thriving aspects of
agriculture meanwhile one shows a poor house. This shows how agriculture is starting to
grow in wealth and prosperity. There is one specific house under the portrait that seems
very worn out. This is meant to signify how in the Gilded Age agriculture seemed great
on the surface, but had much trouble. The author is trying to send two messages to their
fellow citizens. One is about the hidden message of agriculture, which is the downfall of
This study source was downloaded by 100000850872992 from CourseHero.com on 04-11-2023 09:41:05 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/79895769/AP-US-506-assignmentdocx/
Historians examine primary source documents to help them answer historical questions. You will do
the same on your AP Exam in the Document-Based Question (DBQ). In a DBQ, not only do you
examine and analyze evidence, but you also evaluate it for its value in answering a historical inquiry
question.
Now you will examine a few primary source documents that relate to the farmers’ experiences in the
Gilded Age. Your task is to summarize each and explain its value in responding to this historical
question:
How did farmers have their own “Gilded Age”?
Steps:
1. Read and analyze each of the following documents in the template using the HAP-P
process. The four documents are:
○ Document 1—“Gift for the Grangers” poster illustration
○ Document 2—Value of Crops per Bushel chart
○ Document 3—Excerpt from a National Grange circular
○ Document 4—“The Populist Paul Revere” political cartoon
2. Use this template to summarize each document and explain why it is significant to the
historical question. You will also evaluate the documents against each other in a separate
reflection. Be sure to draw connections between elements in each document and the
importance of each one.
Historical Question: How did farmers have their own “Gilded Age”?
Document 1—"Gift for the Grangers"
This study source was downloaded by 100000850872992 from CourseHero.com on 04-11-2023 09:41:05 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/79895769/AP-US-506-assignmentdocx/
, Library of Congress LC-DIG-pga-04170
1. Write a summary of Document 1.
Document 1 shows how agriculture was starting to take off in success as well as
promoting the field of farming. The picture is divided into sub pictures, which each tell a
different aspect of agriculture. Some sub pictures demonstrate the thriving aspects of
agriculture meanwhile one shows a poor house. This shows how agriculture is starting to
grow in wealth and prosperity. There is one specific house under the portrait that seems
very worn out. This is meant to signify how in the Gilded Age agriculture seemed great
on the surface, but had much trouble. The author is trying to send two messages to their
fellow citizens. One is about the hidden message of agriculture, which is the downfall of
This study source was downloaded by 100000850872992 from CourseHero.com on 04-11-2023 09:41:05 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/79895769/AP-US-506-assignmentdocx/
