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The author of this passage would most likely cite which factor as contributing
to the phenomenon described?
We are now in a position to see clearly some of the factors
involved in the Western problem. For nearly three centuries
the dominant fact in American life has been expansion.
With the settlement of the Pacific coast and the
occupation of the free lands, this movement has come to a
check. ... [T]he restless, rushing wave of settlement has
broken with a shock against the arid plains. The free lands
are gone, the continent is crossed, and all this push and
energy is turning into channels of agitation.
- Frederick J. Turner, "The Problem of the West," 1896