Name _______________________________________ Due Date _____________________ Class ____
New Mexico History – “The Struggle to Become a State”
Directions – Please use this worksheet as a study guide for the Unit Exam. Pages 1-20 in the textbook.
Important People
Stephen Watts
Kearney
Geronimo
Charles Bent
Santa Fe Ring
Kit Carson
Navajos
Apaches
Buffalo Soldiers
William “Billy the
Kid” Bonney
John Tunstall
Lawrence Murphy
AT and SF Railroad
Gov. Miguel Otero
Maximiliano Luna
Rough Riders
Albert Beveridge
Important Events
Mexican-American
War
Revolt of 1847
Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Compromise of
1850
American Civil War
Navajo Long Walk
Lincoln County War
Spanish-American
War
Jointure Movement
Vocabulary
Places
Santa Fe
Taos
Mora
Sangre de Cristo Mts
Santa Cruz de la Cañada
Embudo
Taos Pueblo
Las Vegas
Truth or Consequences
Mesilla
Doña Ana
Acoma Pueblo
Bosque Redondo
Mescalero
Fort Sumner
General Vocabulary
Ignorance
Corruption
Insurrectionists
Treason
Ceded
Americanize
Boomtowns
Infamous
1. A poor ________________________, _____________________________,
________________________, ___________________________, and ____________________
were all obstacles New Mexico had to overcome in order to become a state.
2. The _____________________________________ was an event led by Pablo Montoya, Tomas
Romero, Antonio Maria Trujillo and 1,000 other New Mexicans to fight off US military forces and
other Anglo influence during the Mexican-American War.
3. True or False – Stephen Kearney was not allowed to have Montoya and Trujillo tried for treason
because they were not technically American citizens. ____________________.
4. Powerful lawyers and political figures that used their influence to control most of the land in
New Mexico – and essentially steal it from Hispanic owners – were known as the
______________________________.
5. True or False – Texas Confederates invaded New Mexico in order to get to California and
Colorado during the American Civil War. _________________________.
6. New Mexico had a lot of support to become a state in the 1880s, but failed because Stephen
Elkins angered ____________________________ because of his handshake with Congressman
Burrows of Michigan.
7. Constant raids on Hispanic and Anglo settlements by _____________________ and
________________ made some people outside of New Mexico think the territory wasn’t ready
for statehood.
8. Thousands of Navajos and Mescalero Apaches were forced to relocate to
__________________________ and this event is known as the _____________________ to the
Navajo people.
9. The _________________________________________ was a war between factions led by John
Tunstall and Lawrence Murphy for control of resources for forts and reservations in southeast
New Mexico.
10. The arrival of the __________________________________________________ opened the
territory up for expansion by improving transportation and communication with eastern and
Midwestern states.
11. Gov. Miguel Otero proved New Mexico’s loyalty to the United States by declaring New Mexican
loyalty to the US during the ________________________________________.
12. True or False – Political corruption began to decline in the 1880s and 1890s because many of the
corrupt politicians, including the Santa Fe Rind, were retired, exposed, or passed on.
________________________.
13. After __________________________ surrender in 1886, the Indian wars were coming to an
end. This would help New Mexico’s desire for statehood succeed.
14. True or False – A decrease in lawlessness in the 1890s had nothing to do with helping New
Mexico become a state. _____________________________.
15. While New Mexican’s favored the idea, the ______________________________ was turned
down by Arizonans and eventually led to New Mexico and Arizona being admitted to the US as
separate states.