Names
The president who wanted Manifest Destiny
Thomas Jefferson
The Lincoln county war lasted from 1878 until 1881 for a total of ____ years
3
over __/3 of all railroad track in NM was laid in __ years
1/3, 2
One main reason New Mexicans generally preferred US rule over Mexican and Spanish rule is because the US didn’t I________________ them
Ignore
City or town with a population of more than 2,500
Urban Area
Under the alias of “Billy the Kid” William H. B______________ became an outlaw
Bonney
The AT&SF and the SPRC linked up in D_______________ NM to create the 2nd transcontinental railroad
Deming
The cowboys who assisted Theodore Roosevelt were called
Rough Riders
The US paid Mexico $______ million to acquire the new land
15
Herding cattle together
Round up
J________ K. P_________ was sitting president in the US at the time of the Mexican-American war
James Polk
Over 3,124 miles of railroad were laid by 1914, which helped end I__________________ in NM
Isolation
The railroad company that laid tracks in northern New Mexico was the D_____________ and R_______ G_______________ company
Denver and Rio Grande
One reason homesteads in New Mexico failed for small farmers was D__________________
Drought
Mining by tracking an Ore
Lode mining
Manuel C____________, a former Mexican general, was a leader of the 1847 rebellion until he learned of all the killing they planned to do
Chaves
The 2 main railroads that entered NM were the A____&_______ and the S_______________ P_______________ R________________ company
AT&SF and Southern Pacific Railroad company
The leader of the rough riders who later became a president was
Theodore Roosevelt
The S___________________ A______________________ war saw America aid Cuba for independence from S___________
Spanish American, Spain
The use of water to separate gold and dirt
Placer mining
J_____________ C_________________ was the general who enforced Indian reservation policies
James Carleton
The battle of G___________ P_____ was also known as the Gettysburg of the west
Glorieta Pass
The Apache and Navajo, old enemies, were forced to live together at B____________ R____________________
Bosque Redondo
Sterling P______ was the general who squashed the 1847 rebellion
Price
area set aside for Indians to live on
Reservation