What happened in New Mexico after Mexico gained independence from Spain?
100
United States annexed Texas
What started the Mexican American War of 1846?
100
Pueblo
These group of Native Americans helped the Union defeat the Confederates in the Civil War and they were given the “Lincoln Canes” as gifts.
100
Black soldiers who helped the Union soldiers in the Civil War and protected settlers from Native American attacks
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
100
Navajo and Apache
Which Indian tribes fought against the Americans to keep their way of life?
200
An unpopular governor not born in New Mexico and implementing new tax policies
What was the cause of the Chimayo Rebellion?
200
To give the United States a third of its land, including New Mexico
What did Mexico agree to in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
200
Valverde, Peralta, and Glorieta Pass
These were the three battles fought in the Southwest between the Union and Confederate troops:
200
Laws that defined slaves as the property of slave owners
What were slave codes?
200
Christopher “Kit” Carson
Who was the person who once communicated with the Navajo people but then carried out the Scorched Earth policy to kick them out of their homes?
300
It made New Mexico less isolated
What did more trade routes and an increase in trade do for New Mexico?
300
The belief that it was the God-given right of the U.S. to own all the land from the Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
California become a free state
Two new territories would be created – New Mexico and Utah territories
The territories would vote on whether to become a slave state or a free state.
Texas gave up land in exchange for payment
What were the 3 things in the Compromise of 1850?
300
It ended the Confederacy’s campaign to conquer the Southwest
The Battle of Glorieta Pass was the most significant battle of the Civil War that was fought in the Southwest because:
300
Manuelito
Who was the individual to go to Washington D.C. and help the Navajo move back to their homeland after living in Bosque Redondo?
400
Power struggles between the Peninsulares and Cirollos
hat led to Mexico's independence from Spain?
400
Religious freedom, protection of their land, and protection from their enemies
General Kearny promised these three things to the Mexicans and Native Americans in New Mexico:
400
To pay for the war
Why did the Confederates want the Southwest?
400
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Where did the Civil War begin?
400
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Where was the first Native American boarding school founded?
500
Governor Armijo
Who became governor after the Chimayo Rebellion?
500
Louisiana Territory
What land did the U.S. buy off of the French?
500
Some New Mexicans wanted slavery and some did not
How did New Mexicans feel about slavery in their territory?
500
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
500
8,000
How many Navajo went on the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo?