Which 1890 Census finding signaled the symbolic end of the Homestead era?
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Correct answer: There was no longer a discernible frontier line of settlement
The Census Bureau reported that settlement was so widespread that a continuous line separating 'settled' and 'unsettled' land no longer existed. This prompted Frederick Jackson Turner to write his influential 'Frontier Thesis.'
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