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Early Americans thought of the Area between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River as the western frontier.

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What it meant to be an american back than was that you had to fight for your rights and freedom and if you didnt you were not a true american.

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What did the west mean to American in the 1800s?

Early Americans thought of the Area between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River as the western frontier.


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