January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development has “exhibited advanced along a single
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bodies of settlement‚ the American frontier could hardly be considered to exist. “It can not‚ therefore‚ any longer have a place in the census reports‚” stated the Bureau. However‚ three years later‚ one man--historian and frontier expert Frederick Jackson Turner--believed the frontier held the key to explaining American development on an economic‚ social‚ and historical level. His paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” stressed the impact that the frontier--and the moving frontier
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5/1/13 Band D East to West Frederick Turner Jackson‚ born in 1861‚ in Portage‚ Wisconsin‚ grew up in a time of severe social change‚ in a nation plagued with an identity crisis. Fascinated by the world around him‚ Turner chose to become a history professor‚ devoting his entire life to studying American culture/society while teaching at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard. Constantly having the opportunity to study and observe the development of the “American”‚ Turner wrote extensively‚ about which
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Frederick Jackson Turner was a historian who believed that the strength and vitality of the American spirit lay in westward expansion. He felt expansion was the most important factor in American History. Turner spoke at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and told the audience that all the land in the American western frontier had been explored and settled. (Kaplan) He spoke that expansion could continue as long as America broadened its notion of “manifest destiny” and looked beyond
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Frederick Jackson Turner’s famous frontier thesis argued that through the Westward expansion came the formation of the first “American” people. Turner’s essay‚ presented around 1893‚ strongly correlates with the upheaval 1890’s. The shaping of the new American nation through the westward settlement can be later linked to economic troubles‚ labor struggles‚ and a rise in democracy and big business. “At first‚ the frontier was the Atlantic coast. It was the frontier of Europe in a very real
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Frederick Jackson Turner‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History *-* Turner‚ "The existence of an area of free land‚ its continuous recession‚ and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development." -The census of 1890 said that the frontier line by 1880 was indiscernible. Turner considered that vital since the official American history up 2 that time consisted of the colonization of the West& that it was this that explained American development.-The West compelled
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Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a paper in 1893 later dubbed the Turner Thesis‚ which argued that American progress was a direct result of emigration along a receding western frontier of the United States. Furthermore‚ Turner contended that the free land of the frontier explained American advancement‚ and its settlement was the determining factor causing the United States to develop as a nation. However‚ the essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚” in which the Turner Thesis is
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Frederick Jackson Turner‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚” Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1893. CONTENT: 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: The expansion resulted in crucial advancements/ building blocks for American society as it created
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APUSH 5 13 February 2013 Frontier Thesis- Summary‚ Agreement‚ and Why “The existence of an area of free land‚ its continuous recession‚ and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” In this article‚ Frederick Jackson Turner believes that‚ in relation to his frontier thesis‚ the history of the United States is most influenced mainly by how Americans had assimilated the West into the culture they held. The frontier‚ in Turner’s stance‚ was where settlers had restarted
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been open but has even been forced upon them (Turner)." When the Europeans immigrated to the New World‚ they were faced with an overwhelming frontier atmosphere and forced to adapt to their environment or perish. As a result‚ an Americanization occurred which made these former Europeans into Americans‚ who founded the concept of democracy and made the traits associated with Americans almost stereotypical (Turner). Despite the fact that Frederick Turner ’s essay‚ The Significance of the Frontier in
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