Capitalism In Utah

There are many factors that made the West, from government, politics, wars, climate and geography. So why are all these factors matter, because when the people wanted to expand their settlements they have to deal with the consequences that they have to risk. Each part of this paper will give you history of each individual era from the expansion of the West, Civil War and the reconstruction of the nation, Home on the Ranch, and rise of the industrial America

Throughout history society has to go through many changes that not only affect many of the people but also the areas around the transformation. The main point of Fredrick Jackson Turner’s thesis is what the real essence of America is, and how we’re all influenced by the many changes we have to go through. He believes that American history should not be focused on the extension of European enterprise. The society will have to realize that America will have to be emancipated because of the fact that we had a country with an unlimited amount of boundaries and have to come to realization that we have many closed-spaced limits. The views in the seminal essay share his thoughts on the idea of how the frontier shaped

In The Horizontal Word written by Debra Marquart was a memoir to North Dakota and the Midwest where she states “The Midwest is a place that’s been considered devoid of stories, a flyover region one must endure to get to more interesting places”(Marquart 31). In her memoir to North Dakota as well as the Midwest, she given in-depth example of stereotypes and views of that many Americans believed surrounding the Midwest. Then Marquart also gives a description of the Midwest history and even our ancestors overlooked the MidWest as they declared the region “a dreary plain, wholly unfit for 40 cultivation,” and, of course, “uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for subsistence”(Marquart 39). Debra Marquart expands off this idea as her Grandparents that were immigrants from Russia saw this as a new opportunity of life as they were excited to receive their “allotments of land”(Marquart 73). In Debra Marquart’s memoir, The Horizontal Word, she utilizes hasty generalizations to outline the stereotypes of the Midwest she also incorporates allusions to give outsiders a clear picture of this portion of the country.

The somewhat nomadic lifestyle of the plains natives often interfered with White America’s exploration of the great Wild West. To solve this inconvenience, White Americans moved the Natives onto reservations, which were smaller plots of land, sometimes not in the tribe’s home area, and were subject to White American authority. The creation of reservations was just one of many assaults on Native culture and destroyed the Native’s idea that freedom meant the ability to roam.

In 1893, at the 400th anniversary of the appearance of Columbus in the Americas celebrated in Chicago , Frederick Jackson Turner presented an academic paper entitled, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” In this essay, Turner proposes that, “The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” The group dynamic that Turner champions is the farmer. More directly it is white, male farmers. While the expansion of the west by white male farmers was a factor in the development of America, it is not the only explanation for this progression. Turner fails to incorporate all of the demographics present during this expansion which were essential to the evolution of America.

As the 19th century closes, the west held the reputation of mythical proportion and defined the United States’ identity during the gilded age. Promises and dreams of having free land, your own freedom, and wealth for all people infatuate the nation and those who hear of the frontier; these myths created a “golden gilding “ which masks the actual turmoil and issues in the United States. In 1863, historian, Frederick Jackson Turner lectured, “‘The Significance of the Frontier in American History,’ in which he argued that on the western frontier the distinctive qualities of American culture were forged: individual freedom, political democracy, and economic mobility.” These tall tales created in the country a drive to push and inhabit the west

In his monograph, William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic, Alan Taylor uses the life of William Cooper, a man who rose from humble beginnings to become a land speculator and a member of the U.S. Congress, to depict the transitions that occurred on the frontier of the early American Republic. He proves that William’s life is a pure example of the transition happening in the frontier communities of America, in terms of politics and society. In Taylor’s thesis, the American Revolution created opportunities for new men to make money and to build a name for themselves. The Revolution left behind a legacy of equality, and with the expansion of the settlers, values of the colonial past were questioned,

Ronald Takaki’s “America’s errand into the wilderness” and Richard Walker’s notion of “prospector capitalism” in California have some similarities and differences. In Takaki’s Overblown with Hope, he includes a term coined by scholar Perry Miller. Miller used “Errand into the Wilderness” to describe a period in American history which reflects an ideology of colonial control and development. Takaki believed that the puritans had an “errand into wilderness” to discover a place where the eyes of the world could look upon them. The “errand” represented the process in reshaping America into their own image. This resulted in a cultural and physical transformation of natural terrain. Because of this ‘errand,’ there was a large value placed on industry,

In the writing piece written by Philip Deloria, titled “Polarized Tribes: Colorado, Wyoming and Montana,” the author argues that those three states are very dissimilar when comparing them to their other state counterparts. With the imagination and identity that surrounds these three areas, I argue, even though Philip Deloria states that those places are quite different from the other states in the western region, that they are not all that contrasting when examining the other states and their specific religious patterns.

John Quincy Adams, a president towards the time of the Westward Expansion, said that “If [one’s]actions inspire others dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, [one] [is] a leader.” Although constantly changing issues that faced the entire American public have always caused a constant fluctuation of the definition of being an ‘American’, the Western Expansion has always had one of the largest significances in the history of the United States. Some of the greatest leaders and Americans were those who ensured many members of the American public that the West was fit for settling. Their leadership even extended so much that it caused those settlers to picture the West the same way that other nations pictured America later in time: As

Furthermore, Richard’s preface reveals yet another goal of his for writing this book. For the scholar, this book is aimed to vividly connect ideologies separated by literally thousands of years, but Richard believes that the stories he illustrates are essential for all to know; fundamental history that, he believes, is not shown clearly enough through modern education. “Its purpose is not to extend the frontiers of knowledge but rather to reintroduce Americans to a lost part of their heritage in a way that I hope will be both informative and entertaining,” (Richard x).

Between the years of 1845 and 1848 America was on a mission to expand farther west. This was mission was not something that was completed over night, but instead too many years to reach the goal. There were multiple disagreements and even some wars erected from this operation. In this paper I am going to discuss the how the Oregon Territory was one of the best claims we have owned and how the California and Texas Territory was one of the worst claims we have owned.

The pioneer and all his train are now arrived safely in the realm of Romance. His prairie schooner drawn by oxen, his log cabin…his prairie of a thousand variable charms…his founding of government… all these, because they are long past and we are proud of the courage and hardihood of our fathers…and a little proud of ourselves for having descended from them – all these transmuted to the very stuff of fable, the very texture of myth. The glory of Lincoln is not unconnected with the pioneer’s proper glory, for Lincoln was subject to hardships of the early settlers.

Over the years, the idea of the western frontier of American history has been unjustly and falsely romanticized by the movie, novel, and television industries. People now believe the west to have been populated by gun-slinging cowboys wearing ten gallon hats who rode off on capricious, idealistic adventures. Not only is this perception of the west far from the truth, but no mention of the atrocities of Indian massacre, avarice, and ill-advised, often deceptive, government programs is even present in the average citizen’s understanding of the frontier. This misunderstanding of the west is epitomized by the statement, “Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis was as real as the myth of the west. The development of the west was, in

During the westward expansion the Indians were the only Texans who had any real knowledge of the land west of the present day Interstate Highway 35. Soon settlers began to push homesteads farther west into this uncharted region. The new explorers faced several dangers such as weather, water shortages, and uncertain relations with Indians. New explorations and developments in transportation and establishments brought more movement to the west. Residents began arriving in the west hoping to get rich land and political representation. The men and women who went out to establish the last frontier lived lives that would decisively shape the American character. The settlement of the frontier was driven by profit and political purpose. U.S. citizens pursued the work and adventure of subduing their country’s last frontier. Settling the frontier brought out the best and worst in people of all varieties that wanted to make their mark in the west.