History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0189 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Frontier Line
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The idea
In eighteen ninety the superintendent of the census announced that western settlement meant there could hardly be said to be a frontier line.
In practice
Three million families starting farms on the Great Plains in a quarter century, Digital History says.
Where people slip
Frederick Jackson Turner built a famous argument on it in eighteen ninety-three, which unit seven examines as a source.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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