social effects
The frontier has a major effect on the social component of society. The physical frontier was responsible for the equalization of all social classes and the blending of the races into one American. The frontier was responsible for the creation of a distinct, American culture. The frontier instilled the American rebel. The frontier molded the pioneer. The metaphorical frontier instilled a creative and curious American, one that is passionate and has an unquenched thirst to educate him/her self about natural phenomenon.