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American Frontier Essays and Term Papers
The True American CowboyAs the twentieth century approached, America was experiencing a time of considerable expansion. All eyes were looking for ways to make the United States a larger, more powerful, and more efficient country. Because of this wave in American society, there was no movement given more devotion than ...
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Cyberspace And The American Dream: A Magna Carta For The Knowledge AgeThis statement represents the cumulative wisdom and innovation of many dozens of
people. It is based primarily on the thoughts of four "co-authors": Ms. Esther
Dyson; Mr. George Gilder; Dr. George Keyworth; and Dr. Alvin Toffler. This
release 1.2 has the final "imprimatur" of no one. In the ...
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Outlaws In The FrontierHorse thieves, cattle rustlers, bank robbers, train and stagecoach robbers, highwaymen, murderers these were but some of the criminals who infested the American frontier during the 19th century. The word outlaw is a translation of the Italian bandito, meaning "someone who has been banished because ...
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American HistoryWhen to date the start of the history of the United States is debated among historians. Older textbooks start with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and emphasize the European background, or they start in 1600 and emphasize the American frontier. In recent decades American schools and ...
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Frederick Jackson Turner: Closing Of The FrontierFrederick Jackson Turner's groundbreaking and controversial essay is based on his definitive thesis, "The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development." ( Turner, p. 27)
An introduction by Harold ...
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Western Filmsare the major defining genre of the American film industry, a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring and flexible genres and one of the most characteristically American genres in their mythic origins - they focus on the West - in ...
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The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury is a twentieth century writer. Two themes, common times and the American spirit characterize Bradbury’s book. Bradbury contrasts these two themes and creates irony throughout the book. Bradbury uses most of the book to show the adaptation of Americans to the planet Mars, and how they ...
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The Last Of The MohicansIn by James Fenimore Cooper, historical romance is apparent through settings, characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said, “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America, and ...
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Expanding West- Key NotesI. The Great American Desert
a. Used to describe the Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains.
i. The term desert describes treeless and uninhabited land, not necessarily arid.
II. Frontier
a. A term referring to areas near or beyond a border.
i. In these terms, the American Frontier, land ...
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Frontier ThesisWebsters dictionary states that a frontier is the border between two countries, or the part of a country that borders and unexplored region. The frontier that existed in America did both of these things. This frontier that slowly expanded West helped America become its own individual country. A ...
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Willa Cather's "O Pioneers"Until the late eighteenth century, any land located beyond the
Alleghany mountains was believed to be savage, uninhabited land. Thus, it
became known as the American frontier. According to Turner, the definition
of frontier means, "the meeting point between savagery and civilization and
a region ...
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The History Of The American BottomThe History of the American Bottom
Two of the nations largest rivers meet in the American Bottom. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers served as channels of change to the area, bringing outside influences of many different peoples to an Indian-inhabited land. Like the constant flow of the rivers, ...
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The History of the American BottomThe History of the American Bottom
Two of the nations largest rivers meet in the American Bottom. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers served as channels of change to the area, bringing outside influences of many different peoples to an Indian-inhabited land. Like the constant flow of the ...
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The American HeroEvery child has fantasy’s of being a super hero and leaping tall buildings in a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived from the past literary works by the great writers of the early American ...
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The War of 1812THE WAR OF 1812
Levi Saunders
Few on either side of the Atlantic truly wanted the war of 1812. But none sought aggressively to avoid it by negotiation and none seemed in advance to weigh the consequences if it came. Thought the border incidents and hostilities between settlers and Indians in ...
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What Is Meant By The Era Of Good FeelingsThe Era of Good Feelings describes the presidency of James Monroe, from 1817 to 1825. During this time span, America experiences a transition from the old to the new. Great changes occurred in the areas of politics, national economic development, cultural institutions, and religion. Monroe’s ...
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Daniel BooneDaniel Boone
By: Kyle Williams
Daniel Boone was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin in Berks County, near present-day Reading, Pennsylvania. He is one of the most famous pioneers in United States history. He spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier.
Boone rarely ...
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Annexation of HawaiiThe decade of the 1890s marks a diplomatic watershed in American history. During that period the United States embarked upon a very assertive expansionist policy that led to the nation becoming an imperialist power by 1900. The reasons for this change from an essentially low-key, isolationist ...
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Andrew JacksonBook Summary/Contents
, in the author's words, was "mild, polite, polished,
benevolent, and democratic." It would not be in anyone's favor to question the
validity of the his words, but to understand them with unrestrained faith in
those words will help to insure complete insight into the book. ...
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Economic Reasons For AmericanIndependence The thirteen colonies that became the USA were originally colonies of Great Britain. By the time the American Revolution took place, the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired of the British rule. Rebellion and discontent were rampant. For those people who see the ...
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