Question

since the days when the fleet of columbus sailed into the waters of the new world, america has been another name for opportunity, and the people of the united states have taken their tone from the incessant expansion which has not only been open but has even been forced upon them. movement has been its dominant fact, and, unless this training has no effect upon a people, the american energy will continually demand a wider field for its exercise. but never again will such gifts of free land offer themselves... each frontier did indeed furnish a new field of opportunity, a gate of escape from the bondage of the past; and freshness, and confidence, and scorn of older society, impatience of its restraints and its ideas, and indifference to its lessons, have accompanied the frontier. what the mediterranean sea was to the greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the united states directly, and to the nations of europe more remotely. and now, four centuries from the discovery of america, at the end of a hundred years of life under the constitution, the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of american history.
—frederick jackson turner, historian, essay titled \the significance of the frontier in american history,\ first presented in 1893 and later collected in a book of essays by turner titled the frontier in american history, ©1920
which american democratic ideal is turner arguing was facilitated (helped) by the american frontier?

Explanation:

The question is about analyzing a historical text by Frederick Jackson Turner to identify the American democratic ideal facilitated by the frontier. This falls under the subfield of History (within Social Science) as it involves historical analysis of American history and democratic ideals. The text discusses how the frontier provided opportunity, escape from past bondage, and fostered traits like freshness, confidence, and new institutions, which relate to ideals like equality of opportunity, individualism, or democratic growth. By examining key phrases like "new field of opportunity," "gate of escape from the bondage of the past," and the frontier's role in shaping American energy and institutions, we infer the ideal. The frontier allowed people to start anew, promoting the idea of equal opportunity (or related democratic ideals like individualism, self - determination) as people could escape old social constraints and have a chance to succeed through the frontier's opportunities.

Answer:

The American democratic ideal facilitated by the American frontier is the ideal of equal opportunity (or individualism, self - determination, etc. based on the analysis of the text where the frontier provided a chance for people to escape past limitations and have new opportunities to build lives and institutions, promoting the idea that individuals could succeed through their own efforts with the frontier's resources and new start). (Note: Since the question doesn't have options, this is the analysis - based answer. If options were provided, the correct option would be identified similarly.)