Westward expansion brought inspiration to start a new beginning, but immigration created an even greater beginning. Manifest destiny would not have been able to prove expansion justifiable if it were not for immigrants, as a Harvard University article elucidated, “Immigrants were not only integral to the construction of the transcontinental railroads that facilitated western expansion, but they also used the railroad to migrate west and to form new immigrant settlements in western states and territories.” (“Open Collections Program: Immigration to the US, Immigration, Railroads, and the West”). Immigrants built the railroads the not only connected the country, but made westward expansion inevitable, as described in the manifest destiny. In fact, the first transcontinental railroad would not have been completed without the work of Chinese and Irish laborers who compromised a great amount of the workforce. Turner believed that the native-born Americans were pushing for businesses to migrate west to attract more native-born Americans, but in reality, railroad companies created plans that “…increased population in the west meant more business for railroads.” These hard-working railroads would not have been completed without the diligent immigrants. The “American character” exemplified in Turner’s thesis is caused by the…
Turner’s article overviews the American past as it were in a transition period of expanding west. He reviews the significance of this move and evaluates the various results of the expansion on different groups in America.…
Thesis: Both Jacksonian economic policy and westward movement in America were indicative of the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840. It was in this antebellum era that the United States, with economic and sectional changes, made effects to comply democratic politics and make changes should the country’s founding philosophy be led astray.…
i)American attention shifted to foreign lands b/c “closing of the frontier” 1890s led some to fear natural resources would dwindle and must be found abroad, growing importance of foreign trade and desire for new markets, fears that Eur imperialism would lead America to be left out of spoils…
In Fredrick Jackson Turner’s paper, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History-1893” his argument is how the American culture has evolved rapidly throughout it’s history despite certain setbacks and these are some of the highlight points from his article.…
During the 1800s, the federal government promoted westward expansion in a variety of ways. This expansions changed the shape and character of the country. The United states first started with very small property back then they were call the 13 colonies which to begin with was not as strong as it is today, if anything it was a lot weaker and had little to rely on. Through time it was able to make it ways into gaining more territory. You may ask how they did they do this? since the president can’t actually buy land because it’s not for sale. To be honest and precise it wasn’t all easy for the United States to expand from its original 13 colonies to todays 50 states…
Turner Thesis is a significant article that was presented in 1893 to inform why the American frontier is important to the development of American history. Frederick Jackson Turner, point of view on America, is that the U.S. is exceptional from other countries due to the fact of westward expansion. For example, he believes the frontier gave new opportunities for the U.S. to improved and become more superior, as a result of the manifest destiny and American settlers restarting from the beginning. In addition, he implies that the free land, cause Americans to evolve and adapt to the new environment, and therefore a better democracy, individualism, civilized, and society was formed. He states that expanding to the west, American settlers became…
Thesis:By the mid 1840’s migration was heading west. There was more opportunity, and known as the “frontier”. It was an empty land awaiting settlement and civilization; a place of wealth, adventure, opportunity, and untrammeled individualism…
The U.S. West during the 19th century was a frontier built on hope, opportunities, and dreams. The idea of white masculinity on the frontier portrayed by cowboys in dime novels misrepresents the diverse population of the U.S. West. Popular culture has suppressed the rich history of diversity in the region. For many minorities, the frontier offered job opportunities, religious freedom, escape from segregation, the chance to own land, and the adventure of the great frontier. These are just a few of the factors that contributed to the change in demographics of the U.S. West during the 19th century. The opportunities listed above led many people West including, the Exodusters…
The political, social, and cultural development of the United States from settlement to 1870 is studied. Emphasis will be on the development of nationalism, political institutions, sectional rivalry and slavery, and the cultural development of the American people. The course will conclude with the period of Reconstruction. (Fulfills Social Science requirement.)…
The Western Frontier The romanticism of the west employed the frontier as the outer edge of the wave meeting “between savagery and civilization.” To historians, a frontier is “is not a lining of marking the start of an empty place but a zone of interaction where two or more societies vie for the use of land.’ In the “frontier thesis”, Frederick Turner describes the frontier as “gradually peopled.” However, the congress in 1862 funded the transcontinental railroad, the union pacific, and the Homestead Act.…
America was founded on the discovery and exploration of the frontier. For years there was a real American dream, and frontier to discover; but, as Frederick Turner argues, later as Americans settled further and further west, eventually there is no where further to settle. Struggling Americans are tricked into believing if something goes terribly wrong they can go to the frontier and discover new land, settle and build a life for themselves, but in reality there is no place in America like this. There are no short cuts to prosperity. In the early nineteen hundreds in reaction to the dustbowl throughout the south and the great depression, a great migration to the western frontier occurs, but their American dream has become a nightmare.…
Whites saw transportation as the key to economic growth; they knew people wanted to buy the goods, but inefficient transportation hindered sales. With the First Transcontinental Railroad businessmen could now reach previously remote areas of land, and this growth boosted opportunities for farmers in the region. People now viewed the west as a new beginning full of adventures and wealth. They climbed aboard the trains for a journey that would’ve usually taken months by wagon. This population shift caused the west to be settled by families that planned on staying in the new country and equipped with the necessary supplies to build a new life in this unfamiliar land.…
The Frontier is a prominent symbol of American culture. Although it intimidated the colonists and later Americans, it did not prevent us from spreading. What drove us was the idea of unlimited free land, a sense of unlimited opportunity, optimism, and the shredding restraints. The idea of the frontier was significant in American culture between 1860 and 1893 because it was considered by many to be “the last frontier.” Since the beginning of the European settlements, Westward expansion had always served as an inspiration to those dreaming to start a new life. With the last of the frontier being absorbed into civilization, its importance to the American people rose more than ever. Frederick Jackson Turner said that this closing of the frontier “marks the closing of a great…
To begin with many people came over to the Wild West in search of gold which would lead them to a better life of being rich. But often time’s people weren’t as successful as they thought they would be in search of gold. And often people would spend hours searching for gold and they would find nothing or only a little bit of gold which wasn’t worth much. People also came over is search of religious freedom which was lacking in other territories of the United States at that time.…