Civil Rights
Fought for rights of Native Americans to vote in New Mexico.
Who was Miguel Trujillo?
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
What was created to oversee all atomic energy issues including work at the labs in America.
What is uranium?
Willful breaking of unjust laws
What is Civil Disobedience?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
What are the three branches of New Mexico's government?
President who ended segregation in the military in 1948.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Los Alamos, Sandia National Labs, Z Division, Hanford, Oak Ridge
What were the names of the United States' nuclear labs?
Has over 72 percent of all uranium reserves in the United States.
What is The Grants field in McKinley County
Two Hispanic non-violent civil rights activists.
Who are Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta?
Who is the head of the executive branch?
Excellent academic records of Black students and the performance of Black athletes in New Mexico.
What made a relatively smooth integration of New Mexico schools in the 1950s?
Airforce base in Albuquerque which also shares space with the sunport
What is Kirtland Air Force Base
The incident happened at the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) in 1947
What was the Roswell Incident?
Individual who fought for the reclaiming of land grants from colonial or Mexican ancestors.
Who is Reis Lopez Tijerina?
The two branches of the legislative branch
Act which banned discrimination in hiring workers based on their race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.
What is the Fair Employment Rights Bill?
Located in southern New Mexico for the specific purpose of testing guided missiles and an aeromedical lab for primates (space monkey).
What is Holloman Air Force Base?
This accidentally dropped from a B-36 bomber on Albuquerque in 1957
What was the Mark 17 hydrogen bomb?
Prove ownership of land, size of land, inability to pay taxes or water fees.
How New Mexicans lost title to 80% their land grants
Counties and Municipalities
What are local governments?
Salt of the Earth Strike
What was the Empire Zinc Corporation strike in 1950?
13,159
Name of the turtle who taught millions of Americans to Duck and Cover
Who is Bert?
How to describe the diverse population of New Mexico compared to the rest of the United States.
What is a majority minority state?
33
How many counties are there in New Mexico?