nm history intro chapter

Question 1

a conflict at the end of the 19th century wherein NM fought bravely for the United States, dispelling the idea that our state might be disloyal to its country

Answer 1

spanish-american war

Question 2

a famous late 19th century feud between two factions in southern NM the made Billy the Kid a household name

Answer 2

Lincoln County War

Question 3

a group of corrupt lawyers and politicians who controlled New Mexico politics during its territorial period

Answer 3

Santa Fe Ring

Question 4

a New Mexican who fought served bravely for the US and died during the Spanish-American War

Answer 4

Maximiliano Luna

Question 5

a special unit of cavalry organized by Teddy Roosevelt and full of NM recruits that played an important part in the American campaign in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

Answer 5

Rough Riders

Question 6

a violent conflict between New Mexicans and the American army in Taos and Mora that gave our state a reputation for disloyalty that lasted quite a while afterwards

Answer 6

Revolt of 1847

Question 7

American brigadier general who put the state under American control for the first time in 1846

Answer 7

Stephen Watts Kearny

Question 8

an addendum that sought to protect New Mexican’s land ownership claims following the Mexican-American War

Answer 8

Protocol of Queretaro

Question 9

arrived in NM in 1880, and helped to connect our state to the rest of the nation, lessening our “foreign” reputation

Answer 9

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

Question 10

failed initiative for New Mexico and Arizona to petition for statehood together

Answer 10

jointure movement

Question 11

first New Mexican to be tried for treason following the end of the Taos Rebellion; convicted but never executed

Answer 11

Antonio Maria Trujillo

Question 12

“Gettysburg of the West” during the Civil War; occurred between Las Vegas and Santa Fe and secured Union control of New Mexico and the Southwest

Answer 12

Battle of Glorieta pass

Question 13

his death in 1909 cemented in many Americans’ minds the fact that the Indian Wars of the West were a thing of the past

Answer 13

Geronimo

Question 14

infamous symbol of the violence, criminality, and lawlessness of the NM territory during the late 19th century

Answer 14

Willian “Billy the Kid” Bonney

Question 15

law that officially made NM a US territory and temporarily resolved the conflict over slavery’s expansion following the end of the Mexican-American War

Answer 15

Compromise of 1850

Question 16

egendary explorer, trader, and military commander who was charged with carrying out the forced removal of the Navajo

Answer 16

Col. Christopher “Kit” Carson

Question 17

the forced relocation of the Navajo during the mid-1860s from their homelands in northwestern NM to a reservation on NM’s eastern plains

Answer 17

Long Walk

Question 18

the foremost opponent of New Mexico statehood in Congress during the first decade of the 20th century

Answer 18

Senator Beveridge

Question 19

the formal resolution of the Mexican-American War that transferred political control of NM to the United States

Answer 19

treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo

Question 20

the southern NM businessman whose assassination in 1878 sparked an extended violent feud that made NM famous as a wild, lawless territory

Answer 20

John T. Turnstall

Question 21

the strategy for quelling Indian raids in the West that involved forcibly re-educating Native American tribes to adopt Western habits and values

Answer 21

americanization