FOR EACH LEARNING OBJECTIVE PREPARE A 1-3 PARAGRAPH RESPONSE
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Learning Objective I:
A brief discussion looking at the significance of the frontier in American History. Be sure to be able to identify the SIX major values that come from the experience of the frontier.
Discuss the two types of frontiers and their stages? Also, discuss how successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains. Offer examples how government support increased the population on the Great Plains, how it helped the the role of railroads in the economy, and the Homestead Act. Finally identify examples of "primary" and "secondary" frontiers.
Discuss the problem of defining and maintaining an identity for the Native American in the United States and the SEVEN historical patterns that demonstrate the historical relationship between the white man and Native Americans.