Generals
Mexican Independence
Mexican American War I
Mexican American War II
Mexican American War III
100
General Kearny
What General marched into Santa Fe unopposed and laid down his law?
100
Spain
What country did Mexico win its independence from in 1821?
100
The Texans
Who tried to march into Santa Fe and take their land?
100
What country won the Mexican American War?
The U.S.
100
$10 million
How much was the Gadsden Purchase?
200
What U.S. General later became the President of the U.S.?
General Zachary Taylor
200
Criollos & peninsulares
There was a social class conflict between which two groups of people in the New Mexico Territory?
200
Llano Estacado
What is the Mexican name for the "staked plains?"
200
James Gadsden
Who was the Gadsden Purchase named after?
200
Nicolas Trist
Who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo from the U.S.?
300
General Winfield Scott
What U.S. General Occupied Mexico?
300
Chimayo Rebellion
What Rebellion took place in 1837 due to people being upset with New Mexico's Governors?
300
Boundary & land disputes
What caused the Mexican American War?
300
$15 million
How much did the U.S. pay Mexico for 1/2 of its land?
300
Nearly 1/3
How much land was gained by the U.S. from the Mexican Cession?
400
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
What Mexican General led many battles in the Mexican American War, but most famous for his battle at the Alamo?
400
1821
What year did Mexico & New Mexico Territory win its independence?
400
President Polk
Who declared the war on Mexico in 1846?
400
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the name of the negotiation that ended the war?
400
Manifest Destiny
What is the belief to own all the land from coast to coast?
500
Kearny Code
There was a code named after this U.S. General
500
The Santa Fe Trail
What is the name of the trail from Missouri to New Mexico?
500
1846-1848
What timeframe did the Mexican American War take place?
500
The Gadsden Purchase
What purchase was also known as "La Mesilla?"
500
Battle of Bracito
What was the only battle fought during the Mexican American war in New Mexico Territory?
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