Myth Of The Frontier Thesis

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also as an area where the minimal population and the abundance of resources provided the unique opportunity for individuals to experience freedom in a variety of situations. Turner believed that the America’s faith in democracy was due to pioneering experience in which local problems encourage self-rule that did not mimic those of the East.
This faith in the democracy still continues to this day, with the United States actively campaigning to promote democracy around the world. In many countries, especially in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, the United States has attempted to support transitions away from authoritarianism. Writer Timothy Alexander Guzman writes that the US has overthrown numerous …show more content…

Although the purpose for violence generally remains protection, the enemy in the Wild West was the unpredictable wilderness and the natives and the enemy now is terrorist groups around the world.
The final theme of the “Myth of the Frontier” is the idea of Americans as the heroes against the savage others. Richard Slotkin writes that the simplifications of the social and history experiences of the Great Frontier resulted in the idea of the settlers as heroic figures. Early settlers and frontiersman, conquering new territories and the savage Indians, were portrayed with heroic characteristics. In the movie Stagecoach (1939), the Apache Native Americans were shown to have burned the station and ferry, and killed the station-keeper and his family. Although the stagecoach members were the ones who decided to enter the natives’ territory, the blame is placed on the Native Americans. Thus leads into a long chase scene, before the heroic 6th U.S. Cavalry shows up to stop the “hostile” Apaches. Additionally, In the movie Western Union (1941), the main character Vance Shaw blames a Dakota Indian for stealing the cattle, although he is aware that his former gang members committed the crime. Instead of emphasizing the natives as inferior, My Darling Clementine (1946) portrays the settlers as

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