NM history
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1. What was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?: Population size
2. Ironclad clauses are almost impossible to alter in the New Mexico state
constitution because a change would require:: Need 3/4 majority of the state and 2/3 majority
of each county to change.
3. Why was New Mexico's constitution considered "safe and sane"?: It was not
politically radical.
4. This set into motion the processes for New Mexican's to create a suitable
constitution:: The Enabling Act of 1910.
5. What was Blackdom?: A town south of Roswell founded by African Americans
6. For how many years was New Mexico a territory before it obtained state-
hood?: 64 years
7. Homesteaders had five years to "prove up." What does this mean?: They had to
farm successfully on the land.
8. What role did New Mexican's play in the Civil War?: New Mexicans volunteered to fight in
the war against the Confederates.
9. What is the largest Native American Reservation in the United States today?-
: Navajo Nation
10. New Mexico's Building exhibit at the Panama -California Expedition: Was built to
model a church in Acoma, honor the culture of Native Americans and Hispanics, and received many prizes and honors.
11. What was the goal of the American Punitive Expedition?: to capture and punish Pancho
Villa
12. Who was the leader of the American Punitive Expedition?: John Pershing
13. What was the reason why Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM?: He was angry at the
United States for aiding his revolutionary enemies and To get revenge on a local merchant for a bad arms deal.
14. What was proposed in the Zimmerman Telegram?: Mexico would join the Central Powers
and re-gain lost land in American Southwest
15. What was the American Expeditionary Force?: the American soldiers who fought in World
War I
16. Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force?: John Pershing
17. What was the name of the military training camp that was located near
Deming, NM?: Camp Cody
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ho6v2q
1. What was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?: Population size
2. Ironclad clauses are almost impossible to alter in the New Mexico state
constitution because a change would require:: Need 3/4 majority of the state and 2/3 majority
of each county to change.
3. Why was New Mexico's constitution considered "safe and sane"?: It was not
politically radical.
4. This set into motion the processes for New Mexican's to create a suitable
constitution:: The Enabling Act of 1910.
5. What was Blackdom?: A town south of Roswell founded by African Americans
6. For how many years was New Mexico a territory before it obtained state-
hood?: 64 years
7. Homesteaders had five years to "prove up." What does this mean?: They had to
farm successfully on the land.
8. What role did New Mexican's play in the Civil War?: New Mexicans volunteered to fight in
the war against the Confederates.
9. What is the largest Native American Reservation in the United States today?-
: Navajo Nation
10. New Mexico's Building exhibit at the Panama -California Expedition: Was built to
model a church in Acoma, honor the culture of Native Americans and Hispanics, and received many prizes and honors.
11. What was the goal of the American Punitive Expedition?: to capture and punish Pancho
Villa
12. Who was the leader of the American Punitive Expedition?: John Pershing
13. What was the reason why Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM?: He was angry at the
United States for aiding his revolutionary enemies and To get revenge on a local merchant for a bad arms deal.
14. What was proposed in the Zimmerman Telegram?: Mexico would join the Central Powers
and re-gain lost land in American Southwest
15. What was the American Expeditionary Force?: the American soldiers who fought in World
War I
16. Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force?: John Pershing
17. What was the name of the military training camp that was located near
Deming, NM?: Camp Cody
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