Chapter 16 Flashcards

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“Santa Fe Ring”

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Association of prominent whites
Got federal government to grant the group control of millions of acres of land in New Mexico
Thousands of Mexican Americans had lived on and farmed this land for many years

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Mexican Americans

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Difficult to keep land
“Santa Fe Ring”
Las Gorras Blancas
Alizanza Hispano Americana

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Las Gorras Blancas

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Targeted the property of large ranch owners by cutting holes in barbed wire fences and burning houses

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Alizanza Hispano Americana

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Group of Hispanic citizens from Tucson, Arizona

In 1894 to protect the culture, interests, and legal rights of Mexican Americans

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Women

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Fought for their right to vote, own property, receive education
National women suffrage association to fight for a constitution amendment

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Susan B Anthony

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Huge womens rights activist

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Pendleton civil service act

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A test and you had to score a certain number to get a job

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Garfield assassination

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Because someone didn’t get a job due to the spoils system

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