History GCSE
Frontier society
What Frontier society means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Frontier society
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Chaotic frontier towns were transformed into stable communities through growing federal and local infrastructure, moving from lawlessness to regulated settlements.
Topics that use Frontier society
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 1 The development of settlement in the West (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Federal vs local authority
- Impact on Indigenous peoples
- Law and order
- Pacific Railroad Act (1862)
- Spread of the railroad network
- Dry farming
- First Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
- Homestead Act (1862)
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