What specific event prompted Frederick Jackson Turner to write 'The Significance of the Frontier in American History'?
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Correct answer: The 1890 Census declaring the frontier line closed
The 1890 Census noted that settlement was so scattered that a continuous 'frontier line' could no longer be drawn. Turner used this announcement to argue that the first great period of American history had come to an end.
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More Turner's Frontier Thesis questions
- Turner argued that the frontier promoted democracy because it:
- Which characteristic did Turner describe as a result of the 'Americanization' process on the frontier?
- Turner's thesis significantly challenged the previously dominant 'Germ Theory' of American history, which held that:
- According to Turner, the 'closing' of the frontier would likely lead to:
- In the Frontier Thesis, the frontier is defined less as a static boundary and more as:
- Which of the following was a major criticism of Turner's thesis by later 'New Western Historians'?