NM History Exam Questions And Answers

Long walk - ANS a 300-mile walk the Navajo were forced to endure across a desert to a reservation in Bosque Redondo, New Mexico and many Navajo died Stephen elkins - ANS Proposed NM become a state in 1876 and it almost happened. He made a fateful mistake though in senate and the southerners voted against NM becoming a state. (p.12 in book) Santa Fe ring - ANS group of Lawyers , politicians, and land speculators that stole millions of acres from the public domain and grabbed over 80% of the Mexian landholdings in New Mexico Maximiliano Luna - ANS Hispanic member of the Rough Riders Albert J. Beveridge - ANS Indiana senator who was a very vocal and strong opponent of NM statehood. Thomas Catron - ANS Lawyer who scammed and gained many acres of Land in New Mexico. Suspected leader of the Santa Fe Ring. Solomon Luna - ANS Old Guard Republican. Involved in the NM State Constitution--a very conservative constitution-protected hispanic right to vote and go to school regardless of language spoken Ironclad clauses - ANS NM Constitution--hispanics right to vote, and no segregation in schools. Women, native americans, african americans did not benefit. William c. MacDonald - ANS 1911 Elected first governor of NM Bert Geer Phillips - ANS Artist. Painted Indians. Settled in Taos and was one of 8 artists that founded the TSA Taos Society of Artists Pancho Villa - ANS Mexican revolutionary leader () Did many good things, but killed a lot of people. Wanted to take money from the rich and give it to the poor. John J.Pershing - ANS commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), was sent by wilson to capture pancho villa The draft - ANS "Conscription." compulsory military service. - all males join, start at age 18, - first used in civil war, last used WW2 Zimmermann Telegram - ANS January 1917 the British intercepted a telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German support if Mexico declared war against the US; offered to return land Mexico lost the US Victory gardens - ANS Backyard gardens; Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort Carrie Tingley - ANS Lunger who was concerned about the health of children and people with tuberculosis. Dennis Chavez - ANS He was the first native-born Hispanic elected to the U. S. Senate, and only the second Hispanic in its history. Chavez was a minority politician in the Senate. He was also the first person born in New Mexico elected by the state to the Senate. Fought for the rights of NM veterans and all american workers. Georgia O'Keeffe - ANS American artist that painted flowers and landscapes during the great depression. Nina otero-Warren - ANS NM suffragist Hatch Act - ANS federal statute barring federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds All Indian Pueblo Council - ANS Organized by Tony Lujan to defeat the Bursum Bill which would have given pueblo lands to non-Indians. Argued that it would destroy Indian resources, culture and the land's spiritual importance. Causes of the Dust Bowl - ANS Overgrazing, over planting, drought, high wind storms Teapot Dome Scandal - ANS Scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money Dorothea Lange - ANS Sent out by the government to record the Great Depression by taking pictures, she took the picture "Migrant Mother". Southwest Indian Detours - ANS 1930s. Tours by the Santa Fe Railway that provided guided tours to see Indian communities and natural wonders. J Robert Oppenheimer - ANS leader of Manhattan project Trinity Site - ANS Code name of first nuclear test at White Sands where they blew up the Gadget Fat Man - ANS name of the SECOND atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki Little boy - ANS the name of the FIRST atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima Manhattan Project - ANS The making of the Atomic Bomb WIPP - ANS Waste Isolation Protection Plant. Place to store nuclear waste in southern NM salt deposits. Alianza Federal De mercedes - ANS Federal Alliance of Land Grants; group led by Reyes López Tijerina to try to regain land taken from Mexican Americans. Battle for blue Lake - ANS Gave Taos pueblo sole possession of Blue Lake. Duran Consent Decree - ANS 1979. A compromise for improvement in conditions in prison. Miguel Trujillo - ANS Isleta pueblo, he was denied the right to vote, veteran used GI Bill for college Acequias - ANS Spanish for ditches. The irrigation system to water crops. Water rights granted use of the acequias. Las Vegas - ANS promoted tourism by hosting a "cowboy reunion" DWI - ANS Driving While Intoxicated Lobogate - ANS A scandal when Lobo basketball coaches were accused of tampering with academic records so players were eligible to play UFW United Farm Workers - ANS 1962. a union committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers - people who move seasonally from farm to farm for work Boat people - ANS after the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats. Communes - ANS Idealistic communities where hippies choose to live. Equal Rights Amendment - ANS guaranteed equal rights to women in every aspect of their lives. Passed by congress but never ratified. Double Eagle II - ANS First hot air balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean