In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed
A) that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.
B) the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.
C) the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.
D) most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.
E) the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.

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Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the existence of the frontier helped to shape American democracy, and that the closing of the frontier marked the end of an important era of American history. He believed that the westward expansion of the nation allowed for continued social and economic opportunity, and that the absence of a frontier would lead to the growth of urbanization and industrialization, which could potentially limit individual freedom and democratic participation.