HIST 2401 Study Guide - Final Guide: United States Constitution, Marshall Plan, Mpra Language
29 Aug 2014
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The significance of the frontier in american history. (the environment of the new world shaped american character; the further one moved away from europe, the less like. Europeans one became; the line of the frontier the meeting point between savagery and civilization created a people more self-reliant, more democratic, more individualistic. Therefore, the most distinctive features of american national identity come from the great west, not new england). Lectured on his thesis at the columbia exposition of 1893. Du bois: the first african american to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at atlanta university. Du bois was one of the co- founders of the national association for the advancement of. Du bois rose to national prominence as the leader of the niagara movement, a group of. African-american activists who wanted equal rights for blacks.
