Question

read the following text from history in the arts by drew a. story. art is a valuable resource for learning about history. it gives a sense of the ideas that motivated people of the time. the painting american progress shows more clearly than words the idea of manifest destiny that drove americans westward in the 1800s. a student used information from the above text to write a report about the painting american progress. select the sentence in the students report that plagiarizes the above text. the painting american progress was painted by john gast in 1872. it shows a central, goddess - like figure leading americans and their new technologies from east to west. this painting shows more clearly than words the idea of manifest destiny, which drove americans to the west during the 1800s. the new technologies shown in the painting include steamboats, railroads, and telegraph wires. farmers and miners can be seen settling the land while animals and native americans are forced to flee it.

Explanation:

Plagiarism is using someone else's words without proper citation. The sentence "This painting shows more clearly than words the idea of Manifest Destiny, which drove Americans to the West during the 1800s." closely mirrors the original text's "The painting American Progress shows more clearly than words the idea of Manifest Destiny that drove Americans westward in the 1800s" without citation.

Answer:

This painting shows more clearly than words the idea of Manifest Destiny, which drove Americans to the West during the 1800s.