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100
this veteran and teacher's lawsuit earned Native Americans the right to vote in New Mexico
Who is "Miguel Trujillo"
100

its growth during and following WWII made Albuquerque the largest city in New Mexico

What is "Kirtland Air Force Base"?

100

new mining industry that developed north of Grants following Paddy Martinez's fortunate discovery in 1950

What is "uranium" mining?

100
code name for an accident involving nuclear weapons
What is a "broken arrow"?
100
Peninsula where over 54,000 Americans were killed between 1950 and 1953.
What is the "Korean Peninsula"?
200
it caused an enormous increase in the number of people in the United States with a college degree
What is the "GI Bill"?
200
New Mexico city that was home to Walker Air Force Base
What is "Roswell"?
200
The only mining industry in NM that contracted during the Cold War because of the increased production of Oil & Gas as energy sources.
What is "coal mining"?
200
Abo Elementary School was perhaps the largest example of these structures that were meant to provide protection from a nuclear blast
What is a "fallout shelter"?
200
Gallup-born Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
Who is "Hiroshi H. Miyamura"?
300
it lasted 15 months and ended discrimination against Hispanics at the Empire Zinc Corporation
What is the "Salt of the Earth Strike"?
300

the main storage facility for the U.S. nuclear arsenal was housed below these mountain in central New Mexico

What are the "Manzano Mountains"?

300
Deposits of this mineral, used to produce commercial fertilizers, were found near Carlsbad during the early 1950s, sparking yet another mining boom.
What is "potash"?
300
Wisconsin-based Communist-hunter-in-chief during the 1950s
Who is "Senator Joe McCarthy"?
300
after 1960, he was the world-record holder for the highest parachute jump until 2012
Who is "Joseph Kittinger, Jr."?
400
racial integration of public schools in New Mexico proceeded pretty smoothly following this landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision
What is "Brown v. Board of Education" (of Topeka, KS)
400
Norris Bradbury succeeded Oppenheimer and ran this operation, overseeing the development of the Hydrogen Bomb.
What is "Los Alamos National Labs"?
400
Due to their widespread use in modern weaponry and rocket technology, copper and this other metal were both mined extensively in NM's southwestern region, though production slowed during a 15 month strike in the early 50s.
What is "zinc"?
400
Soviet-built menace orbiting overhead after 1957
What is "Sputnik"?
400
after 1951, you wouldn't see one at the front of a classroom in Dixon
What is a "nun" or "religious"?
500
sadly, he died before the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Who is "Dennis Chavez"?
500
New Mexico town that is the resting place of Ham the "Astrochimp," primate pioneer of space travel
What is "Alamogordo"?
500
This New Mexico city did not exist before 1940, but by 1960 had over 13,000 residents and the greatest concentration of doctoral degrees in the nation.
What is "Los Alamos"?
500
The famous headline of a New Mexico newspaper on July 8, 1947 read, "RAAF Captures ____________ ___________ on Ranch Near Roswell"
What is "Flying Saucer"?
500
Creatures employed by the government between 1961-1965 as ground-recovery agents for missile tests.
What are "dogs"?