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Manifest Destiny - Quickquiz

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. The phrase Manifest Destiny was coined by John O'Sullivan in 1845
2. White Americans believed they had a God-given right to occupy the entire North American continent
3. Manifest Destiny was an entirely new concept
4. Manifest Destiny was used to encourage people to move further East
5. Advertising, newspaper stories and pictures encouraged people to move onto the Plains
6. Gold was found in Kansas in 1848
7. The Homestead Act offered people 160 acres of land
8. Under the terms of the Homestead Act people had to build a house on the Plains and live there for 5 years
9. Stories of failure were widely circulated
10. Paintings encouraged people to fulfil Manifest Destiny

 

 

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