Which of the following statements is most consistent with Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis?
a. The prevalence of violence in American society may be explained by the fact that Americans havecontinually had to tame and civilize a vast wilderness
b. The American character has been shaped by the ever-expanding continental frontier.
c. Now that North America has been civilized, the American people will look inward with the goal of creating atruly egalitarian democracy.
d. With the passing of the frontier, Americans must fulfill their destiny by acquiring an overseas empire.
b
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a) Baron de Montesquieu b) David Hume c) James Madison c) James Madison
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