(n): the physical property of a substance that enables it to flow American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This rebirth, this of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.. . . | (n): fence made of wooden stakes | The wilderness masters the colonist. It finds him a European in dress, industries, tools, modes of travel, and thought. It takes him from the railroad car and puts him in the birch canoe. It strips off the garments of civilization and arrays him in the hunting shirt and the moccasin. It puts him in the log cabin of the Cherokee and Iroquois and runs an Indian palisade around him. Before long he has gone to planting Indian corn and plowing with a sharp stick, he shouts the war cry and takes the scalp in orthodox Indian fashion. In short, at the frontier the environment is at first too strong for the man. He must accept the conditions which it furnishes, or perish, and so he fits himself into the Indian clearings and follows the Indian trails. . . . |
(adj): made up of various parts or elements (adv): dominantly | First, we note that the frontier promoted the formation of a nationality for the American people. The coast was English, but the later tides of continental immigration flowed across to the free lands. This was the case from the early colonial days. . . . |
(n): a deep-seated feeling of dislike | But the most important effect of the frontier has been in the promotion of democracy here and in Europe. As has been indicated, the frontier is productive of individualism. Complex society is precipitated by the wilderness into a kind of primitive organization based on the family. The tendency is anti-social. It produces to control, and particularly to any direct control. The tax-gatherer is viewed as a representative of oppression. . . . |
(n): the quality of being inquisitive; curiosity (n): an optimistic and cheerful disposition (n): the quality of being full of energy | From the conditions of frontier life came intellectual traits of profound importance. The works of travelers along each frontier from colonial days onward describe certain common traits, and these traits have, while softening down, still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin, even when a higher social organization succeeded. The result is that to the frontier the American intellect owes its striking characteristics. That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and ; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and for evil, and withal that and which comes with freedom—these are traits of the frontier, or traits called out elsewhere because of the existence of the frontier. . . . |
| But never again will such gifts of free land offer themselves. For a moment, at the frontier, the bonds of custom are broken and unrestraint is triumphant. There is not tabula rasa. The stubborn American environment is there with its imperious summons to accept its conditions; the inherited ways of doing things are also there; and yet, in spite of environment, and in spite of custom, each frontier did indeed furnish a new field of opportunity, a gate of escape from the bondage of the past; and freshness, and confidence, and scorn of older society, impatience of its restraints and its ideas, and indifference to its lessons, have accompanied the frontier. . . . And now, four centuries from the discovery of America, at the end of a hundred years of life under the Constitution, the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history. |
Comprehension Questions
- What did Turner say was officially closed?
- According to the author, American history had been the history of what process? Why?
- In your own words, describe what the author meant in this quote.
- Turner said Americans “must accept the conditions which it [the frontier] furnishes, or perish.” What did he mean?
- What did the frontier promote for the American people?
- Turner said the frontier was productive of what?
- To what did American intellect owe its striking characteristics?
- With the closing of the frontier, what else closed?
Historical Reasoning Questions
- Summarize the Turner Frontier Thesis in one or two sentences in your own words. Discuss the validity of the author’s argument.
- In what ways do you agree or disagree with Turner’s thesis, on the basis of what you have learned about U.S. history thus far?
“The Significance of the Frontier in American History” http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text1/turner.pdf
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Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis, presented at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, posits that the American frontier was central to shaping the nation's democracy and character. Turner's analysis of westward expansion and its role in fostering individualism and a unique American identity challenged existing theories of racial or environmental determinism. His ideas influenced American ideology and expansionist policies, despite criticisms regarding his portrayal of indigenous peoples.
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The Frontier Thesis
Introduction of the frontier thesis.
Historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his influential Frontier Thesis at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Turner's Argument
The Role of the American Frontier in Shaping Democracy and Character
Turner argued that the American frontier played a crucial role in promoting individualism and democracy, shaping the nation's character
The End of an Era
Turner's thesis was a response to the 1890 announcement that the American frontier line was no longer distinguishable, marking the end of an era
The Frontier as a Crucible for American Culture
Turner saw the frontier as a place where diverse cultures and the wilderness converged, fostering a unique American identity
The Impact of the Frontier Thesis
Influence on american ideology.
Turner's thesis shaped the perspectives of politicians, intellectuals, and historians on the American character and the nation's future trajectory
Justification for American Expansionist Policies
Turner's ideas underpinned justifications for American expansionist policies and informed foreign policy theories of subsequent scholars
Critiques of the Frontier Thesis
While influential, Turner's thesis has been critiqued for its portrayal of indigenous peoples and its perceived parallels with Nazi ideology
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The exposition, marking ______ years since Columbus's voyage, attracted over ______ million attendees and showcased new ______ innovations.
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Turner's view on the role of the frontier in American history
Frontier fostered individualism and democracy, shaping a unique American identity separate from European influences.
Impact of westward expansion according to Turner
Pioneers adapting to new challenges in the West led to innovative and democratic characteristics in American society.
The ______ Purchase was a significant event that spread democratic ideals during the ______ and ______ eras, as per Turner's historical examination.
Louisiana Jeffersonian Jacksonian
Turner's view on social structures in the frontier
Minimal social structures; settlers often distrusted government officials.
Impact of frontier on American identity according to Turner
Frontier life fostered strong personal independence, key to American identity.
In his thesis, Turner contested the notion that the ______ conquest of European forests represented the peak of societal progress, suggesting instead that the ______ frontier had a unique role in shaping its society.
Germanic American
Turner's thesis influence on academics
Shaped historians' views on American character, nation's destiny without frontier.
Turner's thesis and expansionist policy
Justified US expansionism, influenced foreign policy theories, Wisconsin school.
Turner's Frontier Thesis has been criticized for its depiction of ______ peoples and its perceived similarities with the ______ ideology linked to Nazi Germany.
indigenous Blood and Soil
Despite its influence, Turner's work is questioned for not explaining why similar ______ transformations didn't happen in other areas with frontiers, like the former ______ colonies.
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The most significant thing about the American frontier is, that it lies at the hither edge of free land. In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile. The term is an elastic one, and for our purposes does not need sharp definition.
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