Chapter 5 Lesson 3 The Struggle for Statehood

Chapter 5 Lesson 3 The Struggle for 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 Select

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

• Speak Spanish

• Hispanic education

• Vote

• Mexican Food

Multiple Choice

New Mexico was the _____ state to join the union.

• 34th

• 24th

• 47th

• 49th