New Mexico History Quiz with Complete Solutions

New Mexico History Quiz with Complete Solutions List 5 Obstacles Restricting New Mexico From Becoming A State Racism, Lack of Water, Indian Hostility, Bad Reviews from Visitors and Newspapers List 5 Key Steps In New Mexico's Statehood Mineral Wealth, Tourism to the Grand Canyon, Teddy Roosevelt visits New Mexico in 1903, Congress Allows a constitution in 1910, New Mexico adds Article VII into their constitution allowing all races to be equal Day Of Statehood January 6th, 1912 Number Of Statehood 47 What are land grants ? Pieces of land given to settlers for their use Three Land Grant Types Pueblo, Private, Community Who cheated New Mexicans out of their land? Thomas Catron What group controlled NM in 1900s? Santa Fe Ring What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promise? It promised to honor the land grants of the Mexicans, and give the Mexicans full rights. Name the three branches of government. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial What does the legislative branch do? Makes the laws What does the executive branch do? Enforces the laws What does the judicial branch do? Interprets the laws How many counties does New Mexico