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Changing Times in New Mexico

Quiz by Deana Gray

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  • Q1
    wealthy upper class of New Spain
    Ricos
    30s
  • Q2
    Spaniards born in New Spain.
    Criollos
    30s
  • Q3
    Mixed races.
    Castas
    30s
  • Q4
    Child of Spanish and natives.
    Mestizos
    30s
  • Q5
    Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.
    peninsulares
    30s
  • Q6
    an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri and Santa fe, New Mexico used from about 1821 to 1880
    Santa Fe Trail
    30s
  • Q7
    to add on or join with
    annex
    30s
  • Q8
    (1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.
    Mexican-American War
    30s
  • Q9
    frequently changing leadership in both Mexico and New Mexico led to this
    unstable government
    30s
  • Q10
    The Revolt of 1837 was a popular insurrection in New Mexico against Albino Pérez, the Mexican governor at the time.
    Chimayo Rebellion
    30s
  • Q11
    Governor Armijo ordered the Texans of the Santa Fe Expedition who surrendered on this
    death march down El Camino Real
    30s
  • Q12
    Border disputes and the desire for land.
    What created tense relations between Texans and New Mexicans?
    30s
  • Q13
    The belief that the United States had the god given right to own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
    What is Manifest Destiny?
    30s
  • Q14
    A general who was given the orders to conquer New Mexico and California for the United States.
    Stephen Kearney
    30s
  • Q15
    Governor Charles Bent was killed by a group of Mexican and Pueblo Indian rebels as well as other Americans; several rebel leaders were hanged as a result
    Resistance of 1847
    30s

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