Westward Vocab
The Lousiana Purchase ______ the size of the US.
Doubled.
This amendment allowed ALL men the right to vote.
15th Amendment.
Describe the meaning of "Gilded" in the term Gilded Age.
Beautiful/golden on the outside but corrupt/broken on the inside.
This was a "hands off" approach to the economy and regulations.
Laissez-Faire
What are the names of our mascots?
Victor/Victoria.
The Native Americans had to live on _______ when they were forced to leave their home.
Reservations.
This term means to change cultures or "Americanize"-
Assimilation.
This term refers to someone who is anti-immigrant.
Nativist.
This man was the most famous political boss who ran Tammany Hall.
William "Boss" Tweed
What outfit does the Firetruck Crew wear?
Red shirts/White painted overalls.
The settler's belief that God was telling them to move Westward.
Manifest Destiny.
This court case legalized segregation.
Plessy vs. Ferguson.
These were dirty, poorly-built apartment buildings.
Tenements.
Political bosses ran the political _______.
Machine.
How many students attend MacArthur? (estimate)
About 2,300.
This connected the East and West Coast and made travel faster.
The Transcontinental Railroad.
This law forced Native Americans off their land and to assimilate.
The Dawes Act.
These are people who take risks to create a business.
Entrepreneurs.
This was the first anti-immigrant law.
The Chinese-Exclusion Act.
Who is our school named after?
Douglas MacArthur.
This was the name of the "unsettled" land in the West.
The Frontier.
The law gave settlers 160 acres of land for free.
The Homestead Act.
These people were journalists who exposed corruption.
Muckraker.
These were groups of people who fought for better pay and working conditions.
Labor Unions.
What year was our school built? (closest wins)
1963.