Statehood
New Mexico became a state on this date.
Jan. 6, 1912.
What is Jan. 6, 1912
The belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Manifest Destiny
This Legislature stopped New Mexico from becoming a free state.
Compromise of 1850
What is Compromise of 1850?
The Civil War was fought over this issue.
slavery
Lincoln County War was fought over this issue.
Competition over profit from dry goods and cattle herding
For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
62 years.
The Colfax County War was fought over this issue.
Controversy with the Maxwell Land Grant
U.S. took 55% of Mexico's Territory after this treaty.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why was the Confederacy interested in the Southwest?
For resources and access to the pacific ocean
This person killed John Tunstall and created a cascade of revenge killing in Lincoln County.
Sheriff Brady
Who is Sheriff Brady?
Name Three Reasons why New Mexico took so long to become a state.
Lawlessness, Compromise of 1850, Land grants disputes,
These were Western migrants who set up farms on unoccupied land without a clear legal title to the land.
Squatters
What is Squatters?
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promise New Mexicans?
That they could keep their lands and remain in the United States.
These Territories (2) were considered open to slavery
Utah and New Mexico Territories.
Irish immigrant who controlled and dominated local politics and economy in Lincoln County.
Lawrence G. Murphy
Who is Lawrence G. Murphy?
This act created a situation for New Mexico and Arizona to become separate states.
Enabling Act of 1910
What is Enabling Act of 1910?
3 ways that communities used their shared land grants during the Spanish and Mexican Era?
collect firewood, grazing livestock and hunting game
This Senator Proposed the Compromise of 1850.
Senator Henry Clay
Southern New Mexicans created this territorial government for what reason?
They created the Confederate Arizona Territory, to maintain slavery
These actions (3) were taken by Las Gorras Blancas to prevent newcomers from taking their lands.
Cutting barbed-wired fences, burning farms, destroying railroads
Why did New Mexicans consider changing their territory's name?
people in congress thought Mexico was trying to become a state
Name Four sections from the Compromise of 1850
(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
Name the 6 modern day states that were part of the Mexican Cession
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California
These three battles were fought during the Civil War in New Mexico.
Battle of Valverde, Battle of Peralta, Battle of Glorieta Pass.
Three reasons why lawlessness expanding in the New Mexico Territory
1. lack of lawmen 2. large territory 3. New Wealth