Read the quote from Turner to the right.

"For three centuries the fundamental process in [American] history was the westward movement, the discovery and occupation of the vast free spaces of the continent.... Other generations have been so much a part of it that they could hardly comprehend its significance.... Their most fundamental traits, their institutions, even their ideals were shaped by this interaction between the wilderness and themselves."
- F. J. Turner

According to this quote, Turner argues that the drive westward

A. has shaped the nation in a basic way.
B. was driven by the desire for free land.
C. ignored the rights of American Indians.