nm history ch 3

Question 1

Clinton A. Anderson

Answer 1

journalist from S. Dakota; lunger who survived TB; became NM Senator

Question 2

Ansel Adams

Answer 2

photographer, “Moonrise, Hernandez, NM,” stayed at Los Gallos

Question 3

the Lincoln County War

Answer 3

southern NM violence between rival businessmen, 1870s, Billy the Kid

Question 4

D.H. Lawrence

Answer 4

British novelist, knew Mabel & moved to NM; hated tourists

Question 5

Pancho Villa

Answer 5

Mexican Revolutionary in 1910s; raided Columbus, NM; hunted by US army

Question 6

Porfirio Diaz

Answer 6

Nasty Mexican dictator; corrupt ‘president’, his overthrow starts mexican revolution

Question 7

Stanley B. Elkins

Answer 7

NM congress delegate in 1870s; his ‘handshake’ dooms NM statehood

Question 8

Dude Ranch

Answer 8

ranch turned fancy hotel, popularized by tom mix, helped NM ranchers

Question 9

Ernest Blumenshein

Answer 9

brought broken wagon wheel to Taos in 1898, founder of TSA

Question 10

Georgia O’Keefe

Answer 10

painter, knew Mabel & moved to NM; lived at Ghost ranch

Question 11

John Gaw Meem

Answer 11

lunger, survived and became NM architect, designed Pueblo Revival buildings

Question 12

Katharine Stintson-Otero

Answer 12

pioneering female pilot; lunger, survived, became architect, lived to 91

Question 13

Los Cinco Pintores

Answer 13

group of santa fe based artists; more ‘modernist’ style than TSA

Question 14

Mabel Dodge Luhan

Answer 14

wealthy NY feminist, tried to make Taos, NM an avant-garde spot

Question 15

Midwest State No. 1

Answer 15

oil well; reason that Hobbs, NM exists, struck in 1928

Question 16

Route 66

Answer 16

opened 1927; winds from chicago to LA, brought thousands of tourists to NM monthly

Question 17

Sanatorium

Answer 17

place for TB sufferers, open-air cottages, many later turned into NM hospitals

Question 18

Santa Fe Fiesta

Answer 18

started 1919, Zozobra!

Question 19

Taos Society of Artists

Answer 19

elite art group, many members trained in Europe, Phillips, B.shein

Question 20

Jim White

Answer 20

“discovered” Carlsbad Caverns, teenage ranch hand, lowered people in buckets

Question 21

the Taos Revolt

Answer 21

1847, Gov. Bent scalped, US forces put down an uprising, a reason for distrusting NM’s loyalty

Question 22

the Spanish-American War

Answer 22

conflict in 1890s, Maximiliano Luna and Rough Riders, helped NMs prove loyalty

Question 23

John. J. Pershing

Answer 23

in charge of Punitive Expedition, later in charge of forces in WWI

Question 24

Christopher “Kit” Carson

Answer 24

Explorer and military leader, responsible for executing Navajo Long Walk

Question 25

Stephen Watts Kearny

Answer 25

General during M-A war, stands on roof and declares to NMs US protection

Question 26

the Mexican-American War

Answer 26

1846-1848, how NM becomes America, ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 27

Solomon Luna

Answer 27

Valencia County sheep rancher, most powerful Republic at 1910 Constitutional Convention, protected Hispanic rights

Question 28

Marcelino Serna

Answer 28

1st Hispanic with Distinguished Cross during WWI; illegal immigrant from Mexico

Question 29

The American Punitive Expedition

Answer 29

hunt for Villa; 10,000 soldiers, ends in failure Feb, 1917

Question 30

World War I

Answer 30

1914-1918, millions killed for little reason, trench warfare

Question 31

William Bonney

Answer 31

Billy the Kid, NM outlaw, gives NM a bad name

Question 32

“New Mexico’s popularity as a film destination began long before the filming of the hit show Breaking Bad in the early 2000s.”

True or False

Answer 32

False

Question 33

When did NM become a film destination?

Answer 33

Our state popularity as a film destination began nearly a century before the early 2000s. During the 1910s, NM was a very popular location for western style movies, Tom Mix starring in a dozen silent movies also helped.

Question 34

why is the phrase “The know-it-all state of mind is just the result of being outside the mucous-paper wrapping of civilization. Underneath is everything we don’t know and are afraid of knowing.” not referring to the enlightened viewpoint that Lawrence achieved in NM?

Answer 34

the “know-it-all’ state of mind that Lawrence refers to is a product of the modern world that he disparages and seeks an escape from. It’s a state of mind that sees all places and people as products for consumption and enjoyment, exactly the opposite of humility that Lawrence’s NM experience included