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American West Quickquiz

 

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

1. The term 'Manifest Destiny' was first used in 1845
2. Gold was discovered in California in 1868
3. People who moved onto the Plains and farmed the land were called homemakers
4. The Pony Express was established in 1860
5. Colonel Chivington led the raid known as the Sand Creek Massacre
6. Abilene was a cow town founded by Joseph McCoy
7. A silver spike was used to join the East and West railways
8. The invention of barbed wire meant that large areas could be fenced cheaply
9. General Custer won the Battle of Little Bighorn
10. The Battle of Wounded Knee was the last battle with the Indians

 

 

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