Chapter 5 lesson 3 - Path to Statehood

Chapter 5 lesson 3 - Path to Statehood

Multiple Choice

The Enabling Act required New Mexicans to:

• Wait 62 more years to apply for statehood

• Write an acceptable state constitution

• Hire the regulators to arrest corrupt government officials

• Write a letter to the president

Multiple Choice

New Mexico was the _____ state to joing the United States.

• 34th

• 24th

• 47th

• 49th

Multiple Select

Hispanic rights that were protected in the constitution included (check all that apply)

• Speak Spanish

• Hispanic education

• Vote

• Mexican Food

• One of the requirements for statehood was to have an approved state constitution that upheld the principles for the U.S. Constitution and guaranteed rights for its citizens. 

• What principles does our constitution support?

Open Ended

Exit Ticket:

After New Mexico became a state, there were still groups of people who did not have equal voting rights. Who were they?