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U.S invades and captures New Mexico in the Spanish American war
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The Mexican American war ends with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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New Mexico becomes a territory of the U.S
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Navajos sign treaty and return to homeland in northern New Mexico
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The San Carlos reservation was formed in 1871. Thousands of Apaches were forced to be moved back into the southeastern Arizona
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The first rail road trackes were intsalled in New Mexico in 1880
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New Mexicans proved their loyalty to the U.S by serving in the Spanish American war. Also known as the rough riders
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After the war. The president Teddy Roosevelt recognized New Mexicans and give them the right to become a state after 66 years
