Instructions: Read the document pack in the Short Response Essay 2 folder and answer the prompt question in essay form. The essay must include an introduction and conclusion, clear and concise analysis, and be at least one page in length (no more than two), double-spaced, with oneinch margins and twelve-point font. The essay must be turned in via blackboard. Students who do not turn in their essays on time will be docked a letter grade for each day the essay is turned in past the due date. If you are ill and provide valid documentation for your absence, you will be able to turn in the essay without a grade penalty. If you choose to include quotations from the documents, please properly cite them using Chicago Style formatting. Information on proper citations in Chicago Style can be located online at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/. Prompt: In your analysis, discuss how western expansion in the Gilded Age stimulated the American economy and brought an end to concept of the west as a frontier. How did the quest for land result in the decimation of Native American tribal life? What roles did the US government play in these changes? Sources: Hamilton S. Wicks, “The Great Race for Land” in Unger, Irwin, and Robert R. Tomes. 1999. American issues: a Primary Source Reader in United States History. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, pp. 57-60. W. Skelton Glenn, “The Destruction of the Plains Buffalo,” in Unger, Irwin, and Robert R. Tomes. 1999. American issues: a Primary Source Reader in United States History. Upper SaddleRiver, N.J.: Prentice Hall, pp. 64-66. Chester A. Arthur, “The Indians Must be Assimilated,” in Unger, Irwin, and Robert R. Tomes. 1999. American issues: a Primary Source Reader in United States History. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, pp. 70-71