"Since the days when the fleet of Columbus sailed into the waters of the New World, America has been another name for opportunity, and the people of the United States have taken their tone from the incessant expansion which has not only been open but has even been forced upon them (Turner)." When the Europeans immigrated to the New World, they were faced with an overwhelming frontier atmosphere and forced to adapt to their environment or perish. As a result, an Americanization occurred which made these former Europeans into Americans, who founded the concept of democracy and made the traits associated with Americans almost stereotypical (Turner). Despite the fact that Frederick Turner's essay, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, was warmly received at the World's Fair in Chicago of 1893, after his death in 1932, a large cascade of criticism was unleashed arguing that Turner had misrepresented some dynamic concepts like the nature of the frontier, frontier allures,......

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Title: Frontier Essay
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Approximate Pages: 10 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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