Colonial Rule & Society
This country ruled New Mexico from 1589 to 1821.
What is Spain?
This country gained independence from Spain in 1821.
What is Mexico?
This famous trail connected New Mexico with Missouri.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This 19th-century belief held that the United States was destined to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This term referred to Spaniards born in Spain who held the highest status in colonial society.
What are peninsulares?
Texas wanted to secede from Mexico due to this major reason.
What was the abolition of slavery in Mexico?
El Camino Real extended from New Mexico to this country.
What is Mexico?
Texas was annexed by this country in 1845.
What is the United States?
This term referred to people of Spanish descent born in the Americas.
Who are criollos?
This Mexican general led forces against Texas and the U.S. but was eventually captured in battle.
Who is Antonio López de Santa Anna?
Fur traders gave this nickname to beavers due to their valuable pelts.
What is "hairy banknotes?"
Texans shouted this phrase in remembrance of a key 1836 battle.
What is "Remember the Alamo"?
These paintings depicted the racial and social hierarchy of Spanish colonial society.
What are casta paintings?
This rebellion in New Mexico occurred in 1837, challenging Mexican rule.
What is the Chimayó Rebellion?
The fur trade in New Mexico ended due to this key factor.
What is the decline in beaver populations?
This U.S. general led the peaceful conquest of New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
Who is Stephen Watts Kearny?
This term referred to people of mixed Indigenous and Spanish ancestry in colonial New Mexico.
Who are mestizos?
This person was made Governor of New Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American War.
Who is Charles Bent?
This famous painting by John Gast symbolized U.S. westward expansion.
What is "American Progress"?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This Spanish term was used to describe wealthy people in New Spain.
What are ricos?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established this river as the official U.S.-Mexico border.
What is the Rio Grande?
In 1848, Mexico ceded land to the U.S. in exchange this much money.
What is the 15 million dollars?
This 1853 agreement allowed the U.S. to purchase land from Mexico for $10 million.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
These present-day U.S. states contain land that was ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What are California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming?