Ranching and Mining
The Arrival of Railroads
The Arrival of Newcomers
The New Mexico Rough Riders
Vocabulary
100
What became important after the war?
What is cattle raising?
100
what year did railroads enter New Mexico?
What is 1878
100
where did farmers settle?
What is eastern plains
100
1898 what event occurred?
What is Spanish-American war
100
A 160-acre farm that could be obtained from the national government?
What is homestead
200
What year did Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving combine there herds?
What is 1866
200
what was the first railroad called?
What is Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (A.T.&S.F)
200
how much was the fee for the homestead?
What is $10.00
200
what Governor was here till 1906?
What is Miguel A. Ortega jr.
200
herding a cattle together
What is round up
300
They took a trail, Whats that trail called?
What is Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail
300
when did the first train pull into Albuquerque?
What is April 22,1880
300
What was a problem for big crops?
What is water
300
how many men where needed?
What is 30?
300
town with 2,500 people
What is rural areas
400
Who controlled New Mexico's largest open range cattle ranch?
What is John S. Chisum
400
What direction did the railroad come from?
What is north
400
what town grew larger?
What is Las Vegas
400
how many trains where needed to go to Florida?
What is 6
400
what is a open range?
What is public land cattle can graze
500
What did farmers fence their land with?
What is barbwire
500
when was the union completed?
What is March 8,1881
500
what was the largest group that came to Albuquerque?
What is Lebanon
500
where did the rough riders fight?
What is Cuba
500
what is lode mining?
What is mining of veins and ores
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