New Mexico History Intro

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  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    The US Army invades and captures the NM Mexico in the Mexican-American War.

  • Compromise

    Compromise
    As part of the Compromise of 1850, NM becomes a territory of the IMUS

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    The Civil War begins; Confederate troops occupy southern NM

  • John Tunstall is killed

    John Tunstall is killed
    John Tunstall is killed, starting the Lincoln County War.

  • First track are built

    First track are built
    Atchison, Topeka, and Samta Fe railroad builds the first tracks in NM.

  • Prove themselves

    Prove themselves
    New Mexicans prove their loyalty to the US by serving heroically in the Spanish-American War, especially as members of a cavalry unit known as the Rough Riders

  • AZ & NM

    AZ & NM
    AZ voters reject a plan to enter the Union as a single state with NM

  • Statehood

    Statehood
    NM achieves statehood at last.