The Frontier in American History

acres advance agricultural Alleghanies Alleghany Mountains Amer American democracy American history Andrew Jackson Atlantic century Chicago cities civilization coast colonies Connecticut constituted decade demands democ democratic destiny dominant East eastern economic England Europe expansion fall line farm forces foreign forest free lands French frontier towns frontiersmen furnished German grants ideals Illinois immigrants important Indian individual industrial influence interests interior internal improvement Kansas Kentucky labor Lake Superior Lakes leaders Massachusetts ment Michigan Middle Region Middle West migration Mississippi Valley Missouri Mountains movement nation native North northern numbers Ohio Valley Old Northwest Old West organization passed Pennsylvania period Piedmont pioneer farmer Plains planters political population prairies province quit-rents racy railroad Revolution river Scotch-Irish settled settlement settlers significance slavery social society soil South Carolina Southern element struggle tendencies territory tion trade United Upland South uplands vast Virginia western New York westward wilderness Wisconsin