Mexican American War
Native American Rights
Reconquering and Revolts
Road blocks to Statehood
Potpourri
100
The idea that the US had the God given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is manifest destiny?
100
Because of these, America created reservations.
What are Indian raids?
100
This man reconquered New Mexico, peacefully before American did.
Who is Vargas?
100
This famous incident included Billy the Kid.
What is the Lincoln County War?
100
The year we became a state.
What is 1912?
200
2 Causes of the Mexican American War.
What are 1.) border disputes 2.) Manifest Destiny?
200
Native American children were sent there to receive an education.
What are the Carlisle Indian Boarding Schools?
200
This man conquered NM peacefully for the US.
Who is Kearny?
200
This group was known for being currupt and resorting to violence.
What is the Santa Fe Ring?
200
The Compromise of 1850 did this.
What is made Texas a salve state, California a free state, and everyone else got to choose. It also settled the border between Texas and New Mexico.
300
2 ways NM got invovled in this war.
What are 1.) The Battle of El Brazito and 2.) the Rebellion of 1847?
300
Groups of Native Americans were forced to take this with Kit Carson.
What is the Long Walk?
300
This man lost his head in the Revolt of 1837.
Who is Perez?
300
These were hard for American to uphold as they were uncommon in American Law, or the documentation got lost.
What are land grants?
300
The most famous army unit in the Spanish American War.
What are the Rough Riders?
400
This gave the US the Southwestern region.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
This caused the Indian Wars.
What are reservations?
400
This man replaced the governor after the 1837 rebellion.
Who is Armijo?
400
This was the most famous land grant issue, which involved squatters.
What is the Maxwell Land Grants?
400
This war proved NM's loyalty to America.
What is the Spanish American War?
500
This gave the tail end of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
500
These men were known for being fierce Indian wranglers.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
500
2 reasons for the Revolt of 1837
What are 1.) Perez wasn't New Mexican and 2.) Enforced laws and taxation from Mexico?
500
3 issues that caused NM not to become a state.
What are 1.) violence in NM 2.) Catholics 3.) Santa Fe Ring?
500
This president signed the papers that made us a state.
Who is president Taft?
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