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WorksheetsUnit 7 - Manifest Destiny
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Manifest?
a)
something that is to happen
b)
it is clear or obvious to the eye
c)
One who ventures into the unknown
d)
the part of a country that borders another country
2.
What is Destiny?
a)
something that is meant to happen
b)
it is clear or obvious to the eye
c)
One who ventures into the unknown
d)
the part of a country that borders another country
3.
What is a pioneer?
a)
something that is meant to happen
b)
it is clear or obvious to the eye
c)
One who ventures into the unknown
d)
the part of a country that borders another country
4.
What is a frontier?
a)
something that is meant to happen
b)
it is clear or obvious to the eye
c)
One who ventures into the unknown
d)
the part of a country that borders another country
5.
What do you call the the belief that the United States had a “God-given” right to expand across the entire continent?
a)
Religion
b)
Westward Expansion
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Religious Freedom
6.
What was the problem with Eastern cities?
a)
Too much farming hurt the land
b)
The land was free
c)
People were dying of diseases
d)
It was over-crowded
7.
What were some reasons people were moving west?
a)
People were dying of starvation
b)
Native Americans attacked settlers
c)
Gold and free land
d)
The winter was really nice
8.
What made the journey to the west difficult?
a)
Starvation and lack of water
b)
Finding neighbors
c)
Free land
d)
over-crowding
9.
What opportunity allowed immigrants to settle West?
a)
Manifest
b)
Homestead Act
c)
George Washington
d)
Golden Opportunity
10.
Which President gave land to Americans for free?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
George Washington
11.
The Homestead Act stated that in order to keep your land you needed to...
a)
Live on the land for 3 years
b)
Build a home and grow crops for 5 years
c)
Have 4 neighbors prove that you have lived there
d)
Pay $18 every year
12.
In order to apply for the Homestead Act you need to
a)
be 21 years old
b)
pay $20
c)
have a large family
d)
be 25 years old
13.
Manifest Destiny is the belief that Americans have the right to...
a)
move eastward from coast to coast
b)
move westward from ocean to ocean
c)
move across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe
d)
move South and claim all of South America
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