Popé
The name the Navajo call themselves
Diné
The belief that the US had the right to all lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
The years the Civil War started and ended
1861 and 1865
The day New Mexico became a state
January 6, 1912
A knotted yucca cord
The reservation the Navajo were forced onto
Bosque Redondo
The trail that led to increased contact between the US and Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
The names of the two sides of the Civil War
Union and Confederate
The famous outlaw that made New Mexico seem unstable
Billy the Kid
The number of years the Spanish were kicked out of New Mexico
12 years
The US Indian Agent that led the campaign against the Navajo
Kit Carson
The president who declared war on Mexico
James K Polk
The state that exists because of the Civil War in New Mexico
Arizona
William Taft
The year the Pueblo Revolt started
1680
The treaty that returned the Navajo to their homeland
The Treaty of 1868
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
900
This increased the positive view of New Mexico in the 1880s
Railroad Tourism/Harvey Houses
Taos or Tesuque
The stronghold of the Navajo that was attacked by the US and Native allies
Canyon de Chelly
The first territorial governor of New Mexico
Charles Bent
One of the reasons the South wanted to take over the Southwest
gold and silver, trade, access to Pacific Ocean
The senator who was the biggest opponent to New Mexico Statehood
Albert Beveridge