The American Frontier-Reality versus Myth.
The history of the American frontier has celebrated the opportunities that the West offered to everyone. Some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. Others have argued that what has been presented is a myth. How much was the truth, and what was a myth?
Each paragraph should have some sort of intext citation or citation at the end. Last page should be a work cited page in APA format.
- The questions can and should be addressed in the essay, but they should not constitute the only discussion in the essay.
- How did this period of westward expansion differ from earlier ones?
- How did industry and the late 19th-century American economy influence the transformation of the West?
- What role did the federal government play?
- A Different View of the American West: https://artsci.washington.edu/news/1999-10/different-view-american-west
- Rethinking History: American West: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/rethinking-history-american-west
- History American West – Get much-needed rewrite: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-american-west-gets-much-needed-rewrite-180960149/
- Developing the American West: https://youtu.be/wmuMbOcL-mo
- Burden Western History: http://prospect.org/article/burden-western-history