Lincoln County War
Who was the first person killed?
Jon Tunstall
Who killed Billy the Kid?
Pat Garett
The resistance group that called themselves "White Caps"
What is Las Gorras Blancas?
What are squatters?
People who start living on property they do not own.
What treaty was supposed to protect the land grants for the citizens?
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Guadalupe Hidalgo
What were the two factions? (use all four names)
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Murphy-Dolan
Tunstall-McSween
What Governor made a deal with Billy the Kid and later did not fulfill his promise?
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Lew Wallace
The Lincoln County War was fought over this issue.
What is competition over profit from dry goods and cattle herding?
What is the name of a group of people who help a sheriff bring in criminals?
posse
This war was fought over land grants and what rights new settlers had in New Mexico.
What is the Colfax County War?
Who was the corrupt sheriff working for the Murphy-Dolan gang?
Brady
What jail did Billy the Kid break out of when he killed two men in the process?
Lincoln County Jail.
The members of this organization were businessmen and politicians who controlled large parts of the territory.
What is The Santa Fe Ring?
What was Billy the Kids alias?
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William H. Bonney
What is cutting barbed-wired fences, burning farms and destroying railroad tracks?
What was the name of the group of men who were seeking to avenge the death of Tunstall?
The Regulators
Who was the famous widow of the Lincoln County War who went on to become a rich cattle baron at Three Rivers NM?
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Susan McSween
This person killed John Tunstall and created a cascade of revenge killing in Lincoln County.
Who is Sheriff Brady?
What was "The House" in Lincoln NM?
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The store owned by Murphy-Dolan.
Who often got rich during the challenge for land grants?
lawyers
What was the group of corrupt politicians and land owners that were operating in NM at this time?
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The Santa Fe Ring
What were the three things most range wars were fought over in NM at this time?
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Land, water, power
What are the four main reasons why New Mexico became lawless?
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What is few lawmen, NM was large and easy to hide in, Judges could be bribed or rarely visited towns, everyone was armed...
What war in NM was similar to the Lincoln County War?
The Colfax County War.
What reasons explain why land grants were difficult to defend in U.S. Courts. (Two reasons)
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Many land grant documents were often accidently lost or destroyed, or belonged to whole communities.
How did Murphy and Dolan treat the local people who they did business with?
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They were charging them too much and paying them too little for their crops, horses, cattle, etc.
What did McSween do for a living?
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He was a lawyer.
What was the effect in Washington D.C. when they heard about the Lincoln County War?
They thought NM was completely lawless and it delayed our statehood.
How did lawlessness in NM eventually decline? (Name three reasons)
More lawmen, new governor, new prison, smaller counties, mounted police force
What lawyer, also part of the Santa Fe Ring was responsible for land grabbing in NM?
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Catron