After the Fact

Reading Comprehension Questions: Jackson’s Frontier – and Turner’s

1) Discuss Turner’s thesis. Why was it a “significant” thesis? What prevailing assumptions did it challenge? 2) How is the thesis a product of Turner’s time? 3) What was the topic of Thomas Abernethy’s research? What did his research conclude, and what was its effect on

Turner’s theory?

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