Vocabulary and People Introduction to the Struggle to Become a State 1850-1912

Vocabulary and People – Introduction to the Struggle to Become a State – 1850-1912

Bent, Charles

Beveridge, Senator Albert J.

Billy the Kid

Bosque Redondo

Buffalo Soldiers

Canby, Edward

Carson, Kit

Catron, Thomas

Chávez, Manuel

Compromise of 1850

Elkins, Stephen B.

Geronimo

Glorieta Pass

Jointure

Kearny, Stephen Watts

Lincoln Canes

Lincoln County War

Long Walk

Luna, Maximiliano

Otero, Miguel

Protocol of Querétaro

Revolt of 1847

Rough Riders

Santa Fe Ring

Sibley, Henry

Spanish-American War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

2.  Make sure the following are on your maps: Bosque Redondo, Fort Sumner, Glorieta Pass, Lincoln, Mesilla, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Taos

3.  What do you think were the most important factors in delaying statehood for New Mexico?

4.  The complex events that shaped New Mexico’s struggle to become a state.

5.  Explain why politicians in other regions of the United States were reluctant to allow New Mexico to join the Union;

6.  Explain how violence in our state scarred public perceptions of New Mexico for decades.

7.  How did turmoil from the territorial years and earlier eras have a lasting impact on the politics and cultures of New Mexico.

Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper – Use specific information from vocabulary and people to inform your answers. Each answer should be approximately one paragraph long.