nm history ch 1

Question 1

a newspaper in New Mexico described him as “grinning like an ape,” an unflattering example of the racism that existed in our state at the time

Answer 1

Jack Johnson

Question 2

African-American heavyweight boxing champion who defeated the “great white hope” in a Las Vegas, NM bout in 1912

Answer 2

Jack Johnson

Question 3

anthropologist who curated NM’s exhibit at the Panama-California Exposition

Answer 3

Edgar lee Hewett

Question 4

architectural style developed for NM’s building at the Panama-California Exposition and now an iconic feature of our state

Answer 4

Pueblo Revival

Question 5

developed a unique “black on black” pottery style that earned international accolades

Answer 5

Maria Martinez

Question 6

discoverer of an archaeological site that proved the Americas were inhabited by humans nearly 10,000 years before Christ

Answer 6

George McJunkin

Question 7

first African-American graduate of Albuquerque high who was denied admission to UNM on the basis of race

Answer 7

Birdie Hardin

Question 8

handsome cowboy silent-film star

Answer 8

Tom Mix

Question 9

ill-fated settlement south of Roswell that perished due to a lack of water

Answer 9

Blackdom

Question 10

international exhibition held in San Diego during 1915-1916

Answer 10

Panama-California Exposition

Question 11

law that required NM to write a constitution

Answer 11

Enabling Act of 1910

Question 12

made dozens of films in Las Vegas, NM during the 1910s

Answer 12

Tom Mix

Question 13

meeting held in 1910 at which 100 delegates from all of NM’s counties developed a government for our state

Answer 13

Constitutional Convention

Question 14

most influential individual at NM’s Constitutional Convention; a very wealthy Republican sheep rancher from Valencia County

Answer 14

Soloman Luna

Question 15

New Mexico’s governor and lieutenant governor

Answer 15

William C. Mcdonald

Question 16

organization that successfully advocated for Birdie Hardin’s matriculation at UNM in 1921

Answer 16

NAACP

Question 17

organized to commemorate the completion of a canal that revolutionized commerce between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America

Answer 17

Panama-California Exposition

Question 18

protected Hispanic access to the ability to vote and to integrated education

Answer 18

Soloman Luna

Question 19

required the approval of ¾ of NMs voters and a majority approval in 2/3 of NM’s counties to be amended

Answer 19

Ironclad Clauses

Question 20

star of the 1912 film A Pueblo Legend, which greatly distorted the culture of NM’s pueblos in keeping with popular stereotypes about Native Americans at the time

Answer 20

Mary Pickford