New Mexico History Final Review Exam Questions And Answers

Pueblo Revolt - ANS Successfully drove out the Spanish for 12 years until they returned in 1692 Territory - ANS Has no say over their government Billy the Kid - ANS Due to his involvement in the Lincoln County War, NM was viewed as the Wild West Reason One - ANS People opposed NM's statehood because of the ethnicity of its citizens Reason Two - ANS Corrupt politics Reason Three - ANS National politics Reason Four - ANS Long and costly Indian wars Reason Five - ANS Lawlessness and crime Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - ANS The treaty that ended the Mexican-American war in 1848 The Compromise of 1850 - ANS Settled the issue of slavery in the new territories and settled Texas's claim to land west of the Rio Grande Sante Fe Ring - ANS Dishonest lawyers who took peoples land for payments Navajo Long Walk - ANS In an attempt to Americanize Native Americans, over 2000 were forced to walk a trek to Bosque Redondo, a small piece of land along the Pecos River. Buffalo Soldiers - ANS Black soldiers who helped win the Civil War and protected settlers and towns from Indian raids Rough Riders - ANS Most famous Army cavalry unit of the Spanish-American War, led by Teddy Roosevelt Enabling Act of 1910 - ANS Formal process requiring NM to write a state constitution Constitutional Convention - ANS Gathered 100 delegates from every county in the territory to create the NM Constitution Soloman Luna - ANS A powerful delegate from Valencia County Ironclad - ANS Clauses to protect Hispanic voting rights and education Blackdom - ANS An all black homestead community founded in 1901 and abandoned in 1929 because of a lack of adequate water Francis Boyer - ANS Founder of Blackdom Elephant Butte Dam - ANS The country's largest man-made dam at the time created in 1916 because of water issues Pancho Villa - ANS Him and his soldiers killed New Mexicans in Columbus, NM. Punitive Expedition - ANS An expedition of US troops led by Brigadier General John J. Pershing Zimmerman Telegram - ANS Helped draw the US into WWI by proposing a Mexican-German alliance Allied and Central Powers - ANS WWI powers Victory Gardens, War bonds, and Women's Land Army - ANS Three ways NM supported the US in WWI Camp Cody - ANS Army training camp west of Demming Camp Funston - ANS Army training camp by UNM campus Spanish Flu - ANS The most deadly flu of all time, killed more than 1000 New Mexicans in 1918. Cold War - ANS A fight to stop the spread of communism between the US and the Soviet Union Arms Race - ANS A race to see who could build the biggest and deadliest weapons between the US and the Soviet Union GI Bill - ANS Created by the government to help veterans adjust to the civilian world, it offered many benefits to war vets to purchase homes, start businesses, or go to school. Miguel Trujillo - ANS University of New Mexico's first Native American graduate who won the right to vote for Native Americans when he took his concerns to court in 1948. Patricio "Paddy" Martinez - ANS A Navajo sheepherder who discovered uranium near Grants, NM in 1950. Aquifers - ANS Most of NM water can be found in these underground water caverns. Taos Society of Artists - ANS Founded for educational purposes, creating standards for art. Georgia O'Keefe - ANS 20th century American painter best known for her flower canvases and southwestern landscapes. Lungers - ANS Nickname for people with tuberculosis that flocked to NM for its climate. Sanatoriums - ANS Hospitals devoted to the treatment of TB Route 66 - ANS A road stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles which made its way through many small towns in NM, opened in 1927.