Frontier

Art and the Frontier

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

    Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
    Born on this day.
  • Jasper Francis Cropsey

    Jasper Francis Cropsey
    Born on this day.
  • Frederic Edwin Church

    Frederic Edwin Church
    Born on this day
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in 1852, and according to Will Kaufman, a professor of American Literature and culture, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
  • Home by the Lake by Frederic Edwin Church

    Home by the Lake by Frederic Edwin Church
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on this day by Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
  • A Tight Fix-Bear Hunting, Early Winter by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

    A Tight Fix-Bear Hunting, Early Winter by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • The Backwoods of America by Jasper Francis Cropsey

    The Backwoods of America by Jasper Francis Cropsey
  • Lincoln warns America

    Lincoln warns America
    Lincoln warns America that they are becoming a "house-divided"(History) because of the issue of slavery in western states and the individual rights states should have.
  • Frederick Jackson Turner Thesis

    Frederick Jackson Turner Thesis
    The famous historian Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a thesis paper on the frontier titled "The Significance of the American Frontier". In his paper, Turner theorized that the frontier is the reason why Americans have the values of democracy, hard-work, individualism, and equality that we do today. According to Turner, the frontier was the very moment in history that defined Americans.
  • Frederic Edwin Church

    Frederic Edwin Church
    Died on this day.
  • Jasper Francis Cropsey

    Jasper Francis Cropsey
    Died on this day.
  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

    Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
    Died on this day.