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This newspaper article gives a report about the state of the Shakers, a utopian society that spawned communities across the country. This article discusses the failing of the utopia and the author hypothesizes why most of the attempts at utopian communities failed.
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Source-Dependent Questions
- What can you infer about the author's opinion of the Shakers? Cite evidence from the text.
- Compare the Shakers with the Amana Colony in Iowa. How are they similar? How are they different?
- Compare this article to the Lest We Forget - The Quaker Seedsmen of Long Ago article. In what ways do these two articles help to illuminate the demise of the Shakers?
Citation Information
"The Vanishing Shakers," The Central Record, pp. 3, 18 January 1917. Courtesy of Library of Congress