Westward expansion
...time, contained a pride of exploration; the quote "leave no stone unturned" was next to daily activities like eating and hunting. And thus, they traveled west to increase their lands and in doing so the white man winds up turning primitive and starts killing tribes and families and committing genocide. Contemporary historians' views of the Westward Expansion do not coincide with Turner’s thesis for the facts of these actual events were told from one point of view and his statements did not reflect the whole situation. They define the word “frontier” as being nationalistic and racist. They replace the Western story of being very diverse with the West being a meeting ground where different cultures converge with one another, for good or for bad. Also historians phrased, “the history of European advance across North America is better expressed by invasion, conquest, colonization, exploitation, development, and expansion of the world market.” New historians disagree with the timeframe of the Westward Expansion Turner had stated. They felt it did not end in the 1890’s; they believe it continued for another...