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| What is Turner's definition of the frontier? |
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| "The frontier is the outer edge of the wave; the meeting point between savagery and civilization." Lies at the edge of free land and has a density of 2 or less per square mile. |
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| How did the frontier create Americans and their nat'l identity? |
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| It was a mixing pot. People with different nationalities went in and came out blended into 1 culture and identity. |
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| What was Turner's thesis? |
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| "The challenge of the frontier made America because it created a national identity; it created the need for domestic manufacturing; it created interdependence; and it strengthened the American democracy." |
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| What were the political questions when moving into the West? |
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- Slavery?
- Indians?
- Are we going to fight for West land?
- Preserve the land, or use it? |
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| What state was the first to give women the right to vote? |
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| Constitutional Convention. |
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| Constitution was ratified. |
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| What was the war of 1812? |
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| War between England and America. |
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| What happened in 1846-1848? |
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| Twilight on the Plains - Worthington Whittredge. |
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| Mrs. Theodore Atkinson Jr. - Francis Wenthworth |
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| What were the railroad land grants (1850 - 1871)? |
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| Granted 181 million acres to railroads to encourage constructions and development. |
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| What was the Homestead Act of 1862? |
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| 80 million acres to settlers to encourage settlement. |
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| What was the Morill Act of 1862? |
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| 11 million acres for states to sell to fund public agricultural colleges. |
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