Gilded age SAQs by BROOKE GASSER https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb Brooke Gasser en-us 2017-02-07 13:22:36 UTC 2025-10-16 19:46:30 UTC hello@padlet.com "The most important effect of the frontier has been in the, promotion of democracy here and in Europe. As has been indicated, the frontier is productive of individualism. Complex society is precipitated by the wilderness into a kind of primitive organization based on the family...The frontier individualism has from the beginning promoted democracy ...The democracy born of free land, strong in selfishness and individualism, intolerant of administration experience and education, and pressing individual liberty beyond its proper bounds, has its dangers as well as its benefits...from the conditions of frontier life came intellectual traits of profound importance." - Fredrick Jackson Turner 1893 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152117001 a) Explain one significant cause of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898.
b) Explain one significant economic effect of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898.
c) Explain one significant social effect of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898.]]> 2017-02-07 13:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152117001 a) Explain one significant cause of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898. 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152119727 One cause of westward migration is the Homestead Act of 1862. This act provided migrants with 160 acres of land to farm, and in exchange the farmers payed a small fee and were required to farm the land for at least 5 years. ]]> 2017-02-07 13:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152119727 b) Explain one significant economic effect of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898. 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152120942 One economic effect of westward migration is the creation of new markets for products. A larger market allowed for an increased in production, which in turn created a larger market. This cycle significantly stimulated the economy. ]]> 2017-02-07 13:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152120942 c) Explain one significant social effect of westward migration during the period from 1845 to 1898. 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152122344 One significant social effect of westward migration was the increased gap between the Native Americans and the migrants. This is because while people began to move into western America, Native Americans were displaced from their homeland and therefore a large social gap formed between these two groups.]]> 2017-02-07 13:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152122344 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644197 2017-02-08 23:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644197 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644230 2017-02-08 23:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644230 3010161 https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644290 2017-02-08 23:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3010161/7oiveqtww5gb/wish/152644290