Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner

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Frontier Thesis

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Historian Frederick Jackson Turner's belief that the settlement of the West and a frontier impacted the development of the United States.

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Key ideals of American Identity according to Frontier Thesis

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Democracy, Individualism, and Opportunity.

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Comparison between the United States and Europe in the context of Frontier Thesis

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The United States had characteristics like Democracy, Individualism, and Opportunity, unlike Europe where land was not available to everyday citizens and monarchies ruled.

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Criticisms of Western settlement in Frontier Thesis

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Included near genocidal treatment of Native Americans, unjust war with Mexico, destruction of the environment, and distortion of hardship and failure for most people in the west.