NEW MEXICO HISTORY 2025/ 2026 NEWEST ACTUAL
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How are artists and writers in the 1920s and 30s related to
New Mexico's culture? - Answer-Through their work they
spread New Mexico scorcher across the US they shared
its beauty history art tradition in their work this attracted
more people to visit New Mexico and solidified New
Mexico is cultural identity.
Which road connected Chicago and Los Angeles? -
Answer-Route 66 a.k.a. the mother Road
How is Route 66 connected to the rise in tourism in New
Mexico? - Answer-People would travel into small towns
along route 66 and brought business to those towns in
town thrive on tourism prospered
What happened to towns is located on route 66 after the
arrival of highways? - Answer-Tourism dropped in these
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towns became ghost towns economy goes down
(decreased) people start to move out of the small towns
After World War I which mode of transportation drastically
change the way people live and allow them to travel and
see new places? - Answer-The automobile a.k.a. cars
How did the US become involved in World War II? -
Answer-Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese Germany
invades Poland and US support its allies (Britain and
France)
When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor they also
attacked what other US territory? - Answer-Philippines
battan peninsula were camp O'Donnell is located
Describe events of the Bataan death March - Answer-After
fighting against the Japanese to defend but tan peninsula
in the Philippines US the rendered 1800 new Mexican
national guardsmen were part of the March only 900 made
it home prisoners of war were forced to walk to the camp
along the way thousands of US soldiers died in the hands
of Japanese
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After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor why were
Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps? - Answer-
They questioned their loyalty they thought they were spies
Where were the three internment camps New Mexico
located? - Answer-Lordsburg, Santa Fe and Fort Stanton
Why did the US military need an unbreakable code in the
Pacific during World War II? - Answer-Japanese could not
cracker codes and we need a way to communicate our
military strategy
Which native American group had a language that was
very difficult to learn easy to make up new words and was
not written it had to be memorized? - Answer-Navajo
largest Native American group in the US
What did the Navajo who created an unbreakable code for
the Marines become known as? - Answer-Code talkers
What top-secret project was originally known as the
"laboratory for development of substitute materials"? -
Answer-Manhattan project a.k.a. the atomic bomb