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Which state is NOT in the Four Corners with New Mexico?a. Arizonab. Texasc. Utahd. ColoradoWhat was the Long Walk?a. The march of Navajos to Bosque Redondo.b. The removal of the Cherokee from their land.c. Another name for the Boston Marathon.d. The 90 mile walk from Albuquerque to Chimayo.Early train routes _______________a. connected El Paso to Utah.b. connected Texas to New Mexico and Arizona to California.c. connected all of the Rocky Mountain states.d. connected New Mexico directly to Canada.The Santa Fe Ring became famous because _________________a. they robbed stagecoaches.b. lawyers gained control of large tracts of land through unscrupulous practices.c. they established humane practices for dealing with land claims.d. they served as protectors of the poor and uneducated.Pueblo grants were used ___________________a. only in Arizona during the Spanish Period.b. to settle communities north of Santa Fe.c. to establish villages for the Pueblos.d. to set aside community land for grazing.Land grant boundaries often consisted of ___________________a. lines laid out by a surveyor.b. a map drawn by the city engineer.c. rocks, trees, mountains, or other landmarks.d. nothing except communal land.Community grants were used to _________a. establish entire settlements, including homes and community land.b. establish community colleges.c. raise money for community projects.d. start legal offices to process land claims.The Gadsden Purchase ______________a. was enough territory for a railroad to the Gulf of California.b. bought land from Texas for a cattle drive.c. bought a shipping port in Louisiana.d. let Gadsden raise sheep in Bernalillo.Why were many sick people coming to New Mexico?a. New Mexico had superior doctors.b. Health care was less expensive.c. They came to have the priests take care of them.d. They believed that the air was healthy and would cure them.The Pacific Railroad _______________a. was something most territories did not want on their land.b. helped small, isolated communities stay isolated.c. opened up frontiers and changed economic life.d. did not threaten the Native American way of life.One of New Mexico's external challenges to becoming a state dealt with the perception that New Mexicans ___________________a. were not patriotic to the United States.b. would not be satisfied to be a state.c. did not have enough income to pay taxes.d. were unwilling to serve in the military.By enlisting in the army, New Mexicans hoped to prove _____________________a. their loyalty to the United States.b. their status as a territory.c. that cowboys are better fighters than New Yorkers.d. that a proper war needs horses.The land grant of San Miguel del Vado illustrates _______________a. how lawyers worked to preserve the original size of the land grant.b. how the U.S. courts did not recognize community land.c. how the Santa Fe Ring helped people by managing their land for them.d. how citizens gave up their land to sell it for profit.As commerce grew in New Mexico, so did ____________________a. the population of educated professionals.b. the number of Native Americans.c. the population of politicians, lawyers, and opportunists.d. the number of people dedicated to conservation.Cattle trails __________________a. were established after the Civil War to bring cattle to market.b. were established before the Civil War to bring Texas cattle to market.c. were used to drive sheep to California.d. were used to drive onions and peppers from Mexico.The Catholic Church tried to convert the Pueblo Indians _____________________a. and enslaved them to work the mines.b. and started schools in the 1600s.c. and share their wealth.d. and shunned rumors of gold.Billy the Kid ____________a. attended a university in New York.b. came from Seven Rivers.c. is perhaps the most famous outlaw of the Lincoln County War.d. killed Alexander McSween.Gold could be found ___________________.a. in stream bedsb. in quartz veinsc. in solid gold veins in rocksd. in all of the above placesWhy were community lands not recognized by U.S. lawyers?a. Common land was not a legal concept used by the U.S.b. Lawyers saw an opportunity to grab land for their overseas clients.c. The lawyers destroyed all of the paper records and evidence of boundaries.d. all of the aboveWhat were the proposed routes for the Transcontinental Railroad?a. Emigrant Routec. Southern Routeb. Northern Routed. all of the above
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