In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick

question 41

Multiple Choice

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

• A) most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.
• B) the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.
• C) that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.
• D) the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.
• E) the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.

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