2. Frederick Jackson Turner's first chapter in "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" makes it possible for readers to understand the writer's perspective concerning westward expansion in the U.S. And the effects that this expansion has had on the American people as a whole. By claiming that "American development has exhibited not merely advance along a single line, but a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line, and a new development for that area" (Turner), Turner practically says that he is unsympathetic concerning this expansion and that it is principally responsible for the fact that the American nation as a whole is not experiencing a constant form evolution.

From Turner's viewpoint, the frontier is responsible for homogenizing the American people and for making it possible for them to see that they are a complex culture originating in a series of cultures present on the European...

Even with the fact that he was biased because he considered that evolution was more important in the East, he did not hesitate to emphasize that the frontier had a strong influence on the U.S. And that it was important for the American general public to get actively involved in supporting westward expansion in order for evolution to happen at a rapid pace in the territory.
Works cited:

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Self-Reliance,, (Arc Manor LLC, 30.08.2007)

Jackson Turner, Frederick, the Significance of the Frontier in American History -- Chapter 1, Retrieved September 24, 2012, from the American Studies at the University of Virginia Website: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/TURNER/

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, (Arc Manor LLC, 30.08.2007),), 15

Idem, 17

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, (Arc Manor LLC, 30.08.2007), 31-32