treaty addition that sought to protect New Mexican landholdings, but ironically facilitated many New Mexicans' dispossession
What is the "Protocol of Queretaro"?
100
set of legislation that settled NM's border dispute with Texas and organized it as a territory of the United States
What is the "Compromise of 1850"?
100
name for the idea that Indians could be re-educated to live like Anglo settlers
What is "Americanization"?
100
notorious outlaw who became a symbol of NM's lawless reputation during the late 19th century
Who is "Billy the Kid"?
200
first American governor of NM who was killed during the Revolt of 1847
Who is "Charles Bent"?
200
profession that allowed many New Mexican Anglos to become great landholders in the time following the end of the Mexican-American war
What is the "law" or "lawyer"?
200
divisive issue that kept NM from statehood during the early 1860s
What is "slavery" or the "expansion of slavery"?
200
American explorer and military leader who forced the Navajo off their homeland in 1863
Who is "Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson"?
200
businessman whose assassination in 1878 sparked the Lincoln County War
Who is "John Tunstall"?
300
crime for which the leaders of the Revolt of 1847 were executed
What is "treason"?
300
name for the corrupt group of landowners and businessmen who came to power in the New Mexico territory
What is the "Santa Fe Ring"?
300
side that prevailed in the Battle of Glorieta Pass
What is the "Union"?
300
name of the "reservation" on the eastern plains of NM where the Navajo and Apache were relocated during the 1860s and suffered hunger, disease, and violence
What is "Bosque Redondo"?
300
location of New Mexico's first official penitentiary in 1885
What is "Santa Fe"?
400
entity that allowed NM to increase its commerce with the rest of the United States and eventually seem less "foreign" to Americans
What is the "Atchison-Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad"?
400
largest land-holder in both New Mexico and the entire United States
Who is "Thomas Catron"?
400
man whose misinterpreted handshake prevented NM statehood during the 1870s
Who is "Stephen B. Elkins"?
400
Apache leader who was the last to surrender to U.S. forces in 1886
Who is "Geronimo"?
400
stalwart opponent of New Mexico statehood from Indiana
Who is "Albert Beveridge"?
500
1898 conflict in which New Mexicans showed their loyalty and patriotism to the United States over their loyalty to a foreign past
What is the "Spanish-American War"?
500
century during which the Santa Fe Ring began to lose its control over NM
What is the "20th" century?
500
side that New Mexicans took during the Civil War
What is "both" or "Confederate AND Union"?
500
year that the Navajo were allowed to return to their homeland