NM history Exam Questions And Answers

What was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state? - ANS Population size Ironclad clauses are almost impossible to alter in the New Mexico state constitution because a change would require: - ANS Need 3/4 majority of the state and 2/3 majority of each county to change. Why was New Mexico's constitution considered "safe and sane"? - ANS It was not politically radical. This set into motion the processes for New Mexican's to create a suitable constitution: - ANS The Enabling Act of 1910. What was Blackdom? - ANS A town south of Roswell founded by African Americans For how many years was New Mexico a territory before it obtained statehood? - ANS 64 years Homesteaders had five years to "prove up." What does this mean? - ANS They had to farm successfully on the land. What role did New Mexican's play in the Civil War? - ANS New Mexicans volunteered to fight in the war against the Confederates. What is the largest Native American Reservation in the United States today? - ANS Navajo Nation New Mexico's Building exhibit at the Panama -California Expedition - ANS Was built to model a church in Acoma, honor the culture of Native Americans and Hispanics, and received many prizes and honors. What was the goal of the American Punitive Expedition? - ANS to capture and punish Pancho Villa Who was the leader of the American Punitive Expedition? - ANS John Pershing What was the reason why Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM? - ANS 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. What was proposed in the Zimmerman Telegram? - ANS Mexico would join the Central Powers and re-gain lost land in American Southwest What was the American Expeditionary Force? - ANS the American soldiers who fought in World War I Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force? - ANS John Pershing What was the name of the military training camp that was located near Deming, NM? - ANS Camp Cody What was the pandemic that killed millions worldwide and thousands in New Mexico in 1918? - ANS Spanish Flu Why were artists attracted to Taos in the 1920's? - ANS beautiful scenery, diverse cultures of Northern New Mexico and number of cloudless days Georgia O'Keefe was famous for: - ANS painting landscapes, flowers and animal skulls The Lungers suffered from: - ANS Tuberculosis Sanatoriums were hospitals for : - ANS People who suffered from Tuberculosis Route 66 was a road that linked : - ANS Chicago and Los Angeles What happened to Blue Lake in 1906? - ANS It was made part of Carson National Forest Blue Lake is a holy place for what people? - ANS Taos Which of the following groups re-organized to fight the Bursum Bill? - ANS All Pueblo Council What part of New Mexico was affected by the Dust Bowl? - ANS Great Plains Almost every community in New Mexico benifited from this New Deal program which hired New Mexico workers and built public facilities: - ANS WPA (Works Progress Administration) What New Deal program was created to provide employment opportunities for young men age 18-28 who did not have an education and were suffering during the Great Depression? - ANS CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.) Who traveled to Washington D.C. from New Mexico more than 23 times to meet with federal government officials and secure New Deal funding for important public projects in New Mexico? - ANS Dennis Chavez What law would have given title of much of the Pueblo land to non-native american who had long occupied property on pueblo borders? - ANS Bursum Bill The Mother Road, the Main Street of America, and the Neon Road are all nicknames for what? - ANS Route 66 The Navajo Code Talkers were_______ - ANS Navajo Native Americans who coded their own language to help the US win WWII An internment camp is _____ - ANS a camp where Japanese Americans were forced to live What radioactive materials were used in producing the atomic bombs? - ANS Uranium Who wrote/signed a letter to President Roosevelt warning him that Germany was trying to develop an atomic bomb? - ANS Albert Einstein How many New Mexican Soldiers were part of the Bataan Death March and what percentage of them survived the march? - ANS 1800, 50%