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The American West (c1835-c1895): Closure of the Indian Frontier

Level:
GCSE
Board:
Edexcel

Last updated 15 Jul 2024

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In 1890, the US Census Bureau officially announced the closure of the Indian frontier. The West had formally been settled by white Americans as homesteads, ranches, cow-towns, mining-towns, cities and states.

All Native Americans had been forced onto reservations or had set up their own homesteads via the 1897 Dawes Act. The Manifest Destiny had officially been achieved.

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