Frederick Jackson Turner Award was created in 1959.
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Frederick Jackson Turner argued that, since the American
frontier was running out, overseas expansion would be a safety
valve to keep Americans content.
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Historian Frederick Jackson Turner believed that the strength
and the vitality of the America identity lay in its land and vast
frontier. Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis is significant because
it connects two important forces of the 1890s.
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Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian in the early
20th century. He is best known for The Significance of the Frontier
in American History. His thesis is that the westward movement
greatly influenced American history and the growth of the American
traits of character is generally accepted as valid.