HIST-1410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frederick Jackson Turner, Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Frontier Thesis
4 Feb 2020
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Turner specifically raised the question: what would happen to the american character in the absence of a frontier to conquer. Dubois and carter g. woodson (professional historians) discussed the influences and important roles of black individuals in the american experience: conflict and consensus debate, louis hartz argued that a lockean liberal consensus about democratic values shaped. In the 1960s, historians stopped putting emphasis on macro-forces but instead decided it was important to understand u. s. society from the vantage point of the inarticulate (african americans, laborers, women, immigrants, etc. ) Mormonism founded by joseph smith, who, claiming to have had seven visions, said he saw. Jesus and that he was directed to some gold tablets by an angel (the book of mormon); Mormons hold unorthodox christian beliefs (polygamy especially); smith moved west with his followers, but in illinois, aroused suspicion of other inhabitants and killed. Idea workers had to band together to supply the amenities employers would not)
