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Frederick Jackson Turner Biography

Historian

Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian known for his influential theory on the role of the frontier in shaping American history. His work has had a profound impact on historical studies.

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Book:History, Frontier, and Section: Three Essays

Source: History, Frontier, and Section: Three Essays

“That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom - these are the traits of the frontier.”

Source: The Frontier in American History

“So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.”

Long Political Opportunity Economic Land Political Power Economic Power Competencies

Book:Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Source: Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

“Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.”

Has Beens Existence Land Development Degrees Areas West American History Recessions Settlement Colonization

Author:Frederick Jackson Turner

“The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.”

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“America has been another name for opportunity.”

Has Beens America Opportunity Names

Book:The Frontier in American History

Source: The Frontier in American History

About the Author

Born: November 14, 1861
Died: March 14, 1932
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 6

Books & Sources

The Frontier in American HistoryRelated source material

History, Frontier, and Section: Three EssaysRelated source material

Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American HistoryRelated source material

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