{"id":20626,"date":"2023-05-23T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-who-presents-you-with-the-arguments-proposed-by-social-darwinists-or-the-stories-written-by-horatio-alger-or-carnegies-gospel-of-wealth-choose-only-one-of-these\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:11:10","slug":"how-would-you-respond-to-someone-who-presents-you-with-the-arguments-proposed-by-social-darwinists-or-the-stories-written-by-horatio-alger-or-carnegies-gospel-of-wealth-choose-only-one-of-these","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-who-presents-you-with-the-arguments-proposed-by-social-darwinists-or-the-stories-written-by-horatio-alger-or-carnegies-gospel-of-wealth-choose-only-one-of-these\/","title":{"rendered":"How would you respond to someone who presents you with the arguments proposed by Social Darwinists, OR the stories written by Horatio Alger, OR Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (choose ONLY ONE of these), to explain the success or failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consider the following questions for your essay. These questions can and
\n should be addressed in the essay, but it should not constitute the only
\n discussion in the essay.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. What is Frederick Turner’s “frontier thesis,” and what are the criticisms of it? The link will direct you to Turner’s Thesis, The Frontier in American History<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


    \n<\/a><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. The questions can and should be addressed in the essay, but they should not constitute the only discussion in the essay.<\/li>\n
    2. How did this period of westward expansion differ from earlier ones?<\/li>\n
    3. How did industry and the late 19th-century American economy influence the transformation of the West?<\/li>\n
    4. What role did the federal government play?<\/li>\n
    5. \nDiscuss the reality and myths that have been presented when relating the history of the American Frontier and its development.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \nExamine the information provided on these links, which address “new
      \nviews on the history of the American West.” They are not full articles
      \nbut do provide additional sources that you can review.<\/p>\n
        \n
      1. Burden Western History: http:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/burden-western-history<\/li>\n
      2. Project MUSE: The American West Reprised, Revised, and Revived – http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/29166<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \nPlease keep in mind that WIKIPEDIA is not an acceptable reference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Consider the following questions for your essay. These questions can and should be addressed in the essay, but it should not constitute the only discussion in the essay. What is Frederick Turner’s “frontier thesis,” and what are the criticisms of it? The link will direct you to Turner’s Thesis, The Frontier in American History The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1103],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=20626"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=20626"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=20626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}