dom (Turner 549).
Therefore, though Turner maintains that the spirit of democracy and individualism manifested and brought out in individuals due to frontier existence encompasses both dangers and benefits, it was an existence that carved out a people characteristic of the American character and sense of freedom to this very day.
The American intellect characteristics described by Turner as stemming from frontier existence include a number of features that have a tendency to promote both positive and negative behavior in individuals. For example, the ôcoarseness and strengthö can be positive when faced with a harsh environment one must endure (Turner 549). On the other hand, it was such coarse strength that was responsible for the virtual systematic annihilation of the Native Americans that had to be removed to develop the frontier. The ômasterful grasp of material thingsö lead to AmericaÆs industrial revolution that catapulted the country into a worldwide power, but it was also responsible for greed, slavery, and a
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