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The only major battle to occur in New Mexico during the Mexican-American War occurred at - ANS El Brazito. The story of Juanotilla of Cochiti in Etulain's Chapter 4 shows that "gender" in Hispanic life in colonial New Mexico was: - ANS a social construction, defined differently in various times and places and according to individual status Judging by the amount possessions passed to heirs in her will, how was Juanotilla of Cochiti's economic standing portrayed? - ANS relatively well-off According to the colonial the census of New Mexico in 1790 (which did not include Indians), the majority of Spanish speaking people living in New Mexico by then were - ANS people born in New Mexico, many of mixed blood. In colonial New Mexico, Spanish officials awarded land grants in which of the following ways? - ANS Private land grants Community land grants Pueblo land grants. In colonial New Mexico, the main occupation of the people was - ANS farming The networks of irrigation ditches used by both the Spanish and Pueblo peoples were known as - ANS acequias New Mexican Hispanic villagers who hunted Buffalo in the off-season after the harvest was gather were known as - ANS ciboleros Practically the only way to acquire outside and/or manufactured in colonial New Mexico was to receive them - ANS over the El Camino Real. all the above. over the Chihuahua Trail. over the Old Spanish Trail. After 1750, the Hispanic New Mexico folk art religious image-makers were known as - ANS santeros In some isolated New Mexico mountain communities, the exit of the exit of Franciscan priests and the organized Catholic Church gave rise to a localized religious brotherhood known as the - ANS penitentes The most immediate and probably most important effect Mexican Independence had on New Mexico was - ANS the end of Spain's prohibition on outside trade with New Mexico. The new avenue of trade and migration that opened up to New Mexico after 1821 from east and greatly changed life in the territory was the - ANS the Santa Fe Trail. This town became the epicenter for the American mountain man fur trappers in New Mexico. - ANS Taos Probably the most famous and locally prominent of the early American trappers to sweep into New Mexico was - ANS Christopher (Kit) Carson Who was the local leader who owned the first printing press in New Mexico, wrote and printed the first book printed in New Mexico, and was responsible for educating many future New Mexico leaders? - ANS Antonio Jose Martinez What revolt broke out in 1837 in Northern New Mexico over new taxes and a hated governor sent from Mexico? - ANS The Chimayo Rebellion This native New Mexican governor ruled for eight years and stopped a Texan incursion, but was forced to withdraw to Mexico upon American invasion. - ANS Manuel Armijo The first major settlement seized by the U.S. Army during the invasion by General Kearny and his troops in 1846 was - ANS Las Vegas What was the fate of the first U.S. Governor appointed to administer the newly captured Territory of New Mexico? - ANS He was murdered during the Taos Rebellion and his scalp was paraded through the streets of Taos. Which treaty ended the U.S.-Mexican War and brought New Mexico into the U.S.? - ANS The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo What act of Congress gave New Mexico Territorial status but also raised the question of slavery in the Territory? - ANS The Compromise of 1850 Between the years 1850 and 1860, the population in New Mexico Territory grew by - ANS 50 percent The first regularly scheduled mail and stagecoach service to reach New Mexico was - ANS the Butterfield Overland Mail Company. Which of the following was NOT a reason the Confederacy wanted to conquer New Mexico Territory? - ANS The Territory held rich stores of mineral wealth for the South's war effort. Where did the Union and Confederate troops engage in thier first major battle in New Mexico in 1862? - ANS Valverde. What pivotal battle in Northern New Mexico in 1862 saw the most intense fighting and ruined the Confederacy's chances for success in New Mexico - and the West? - ANS Glorieta Pass Who led U.S. Military forces in an campaign against the Mescalero and Navajo Nations that resulted in the establishment of the first Indian reservation in New Mexico and the "Long Walk." - ANS Colonel Kit Carson The U.S. Government responded to the growing Indian Wars in New Mexico in 1874 by deploying the 9th and 10th Cavalry, or the ____________________, as the Indians named them. - ANS Buffalo Soldiers Probably the fiercest of the Apache chiefs, and one of the very last Indian holdouts to be captured and taken to the reservation was - ANS Geronimo The Lincoln County War was fought over: - ANS ontrol of the county's economic life What famous and powerful early Anglo American rancher grazed large herds of cattle on a 150 mile stretch of the Pecos River? - ANS John Chisum

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NM Final Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions!!!




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, The only major battle to occur in New Mexico during the Mexican-American War occurred at -
ANS El Brazito.

The story of Juanotilla of Cochiti in Etulain's Chapter 4 shows that "gender" in Hispanic life in
colonial New Mexico was: - ANS a social construction, defined differently in various times
and places and according to individual status




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Judging by the amount possessions passed to heirs in her will, how was Juanotilla of Cochiti's
economic standing portrayed? - ANS relatively well-off




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According to the colonial the census of New Mexico in 1790 (which did not include Indians), the
majority of Spanish speaking people living in New Mexico by then were - ANS people born
in New Mexico, many of mixed blood.


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In colonial New Mexico, Spanish officials awarded land grants in which of the following ways? -
Private land grants
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Community land grants
Pueblo land grants.

In colonial New Mexico, the main occupation of the people was - ANS farming

The networks of irrigation ditches used by both the Spanish and Pueblo peoples were known as
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- ANS acequias

New Mexican Hispanic villagers who hunted Buffalo in the off-season after the harvest was
gather were known as - ANS ciboleros
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Practically the only way to acquire outside and/or manufactured in colonial New Mexico was to
receive them - ANS over the El Camino Real.
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all the above.
over the Chihuahua Trail.
over the Old Spanish Trail.

After 1750, the Hispanic New Mexico folk art religious image-makers were known as - ANS
santeros

In some isolated New Mexico mountain communities, the exit of the exit of Franciscan priests
and the organized Catholic Church gave rise to a localized religious brotherhood known as the -
ANS penitentes

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