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Who was Pancho Villa?
A cartoon character
The most powerful revolutionary general in northern Mexico
The most powerful revolutionary general in southern Mexico
The first governor of NM
The first president of Mexico
What does Prosperity mean?
Hardships
New forms of entertainment
Good fortune or financial wealth
Investments in a company
Ownership of a company
What are Stocks?
Investments in a company
Ownership of a company
When a company succeeds
Hardships
New forms of entertainment
What are Shareholders?
Investments in a company
Ownership of a company
When a company succeeds
New forms of entertainment
Hardships
What is a Depression?
Being very sad
A period when the economy is suffering from little business activity, mass unemployment, and a weak stock market.
Dominoes continuing to fall
New forms of entertainment
People who move from place to place
What is Racism?
People who move from place to place
Being kind to the homeless travelers
Prejudice based on race
Being very sad
Hardships
What does Migrants mean?
Being kind to the homeless travelers
People who move from place to place
Prejudice based on race
Hardships
Being very sad
What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
They built many public works projects, from sidewalks and roads to schools and post offices.
A “New Deal.”
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People who move from place to place
Hardships
Who created the "New Deal?"
New Mexico’s artists and authors
Many Okies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
People who move from place to place
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What does Public Works mean?
People who move from place to place
It refers to government projects that benefit the general public and are paid for with tax dollars.
They built many public works projects, from sidewalks and roads to schools and post offices.
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What was the name of the biggest Army training camp in NM around 1918?
White Sands
Camp Deming
Camp Columbus
Camp Cody
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Taos and Santa Fe have thriving art communities. Where are some other towns in NM that also have art communities?
Albuquerque and Rio Rancho
Taos and New Mexico
Spanish Market and Santa Fe
White Sands and Deming
Roswell and Silver City
What was the Dust Bowl?
When the economy was suffering from little business activity
The annual football game for college teams
Northeastern New Mexico
When national unemployment reached 25%
A severe drought in a region of the Great Plains
According to the the textbook (TB), where and when did World War II begin?
December 7th 1941
Europe in 1939
April 1942
September 11th
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According to the textbook (TB), what happened on December 7th, 1941?
The start of World War II
The day Hitler invaded Poland
Pearl Harbor was attacked
the Bataan Death March
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Who was the most famous newspaper reporter of World War II?
Bill Mauldin
Ernie Pyle
Albuquerque Tribune
American Forces
Who was the most famous cartoonist of World War II?
Ernie Pyle
Bill Mauldin
Albuquerque Tribune
American Forces
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What day is National Navajo Code Talker Day celebrated?
December 7th
May 8th
July 16th
August 6th
August 14th
What was the Manhattan Project?
The name of the town where the scientists worked
The top-secret mission to design and build an atomic bomb
A series of letters written by scientists all across America
The name of the mission the Japanese used when bombing Pearl Harbor
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What was the name of the top-secret lab built in NM that was used to build an atomic bomb?
White Sands
Trinity Site
Operation: Overlord
Fallout 4
Los Alamos
Who was the leader of the entire Manhattan Project?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Adam Barnes
General Leslie Groves
Well-respected scientists
James Oberhelm
Where were the Japanese Internment Camps located in NM?
Silver City and Deming
Lordsburg and Silver City
Roswell and Lordsburg
Lordsburg and Las Vegas
Santa Fe and Lordsburg
Where were the POW camps located in NM?
Silver City and Deming
Lordsburg and Silver City
Roswell and Lordsburg
Lordsburg and Las Vegas
Santa Fe and Lordsburg
Which President made the decision to drop atomic bombs on cities in Japan?
President Kennedy
President Reagan
President Truman
President Roosevelt
Which cities had atomic bombs dropped on them?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Japan and Germany
Japan and Hiroshima
Nagasaki and Japan
New Mexico and Japan
What are civilians?
A person who is enlisted in the military
A person who is not enlisted in the military
The parents of someone who is in the military
People who used to be in the military, but they are out of the military now
What does Braceros mean?
A temporary farm worker from Mexico
A soldier from Mexico
Men and women from Mexico gaining citizenship by enlisting in the Army
Boosting the state of New Mexico's economy
Where was the atomic bomb first created and explode-tested?
Japan
Germany
Russia
New Mexico
This event never happened
What does Superpower mean?
Information that is designed to persuade and sometimes mislead
A competition to see which side could build more bombs and other powerful weapons
A country with great economic, political, and military influence in the world
An intense competition between nations
Gaining powers through some kind of freak accident or experiment
What does Cold War mean?
Information that is designed to persuade and sometimes mislead
A competition to see which side could build more bombs and other powerful weapons
A country with great economic, political, and military influence in the world
An intense competition between nations
A war between two very cold things
What does Propaganda mean?
A competition to see which side could build more bombs and other powerful weapons
Information that is designed to persuade and sometimes mislead
A country with great economic, political, and military influence in the world
An intense competition between nations
It is when you think that the Dallas Cowboys are a quality team
How were the Soviets able to gain information they needed to build their own atomic bomb?
The Soviets watched news clips about how scientists made one
The Soviets attended US colleges and learned the info that way
The Soviets sent a team of researchers to the US to work with the Los Alamos team
The Soviets sent spies to Los Alamos to get the info that way
The US shared this info with anyone who wanted to know more about it
What does Arms Race mean?
A competition to see which side could build more bombs and other powerful weapons
Getting thick by working out after school
An intense competition between nations
Information that is designed to persuade and sometimes mislead
A country with great economic, political, and military influence in the world
Who was the first man to walk on the surface of the moon?
Harrison Schmitt
Buzz Aldrin
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert H. Goddard
None of the above
What was Sputnik?
The first satellite on the moon
The first American satellite launched into space
The first Korean satellite launched into space
The first Vietnamese satellite launched into space
The first Soviet satellite launched into space
How did the President react to Sputnik?
He put a man on the moon
He put a dog into space
He told schools to focus on History and Reading
He told schools to focus on Math and Science
He cried himself to sleep for an entire year
What does Capitalism mean?
When you focus instruction on Math and Science
When you focus instruction on History and Reading
An economic system where the people own all land, property, and businesses and controls the economy in every way
An economic system where the government owns all land, property, and businesses and controls the economy in every way
An economic system that allows for the private ownership of land, property, and businesses and the free flow of goods and services
What does Communism mean?
An economic system where the people own all land, property, and businesses and controls the economy in every way
An economic system that allows for the private ownership of land, property, and businesses and the free flow of goods and services
An economic system where the government owns all land, property, and businesses and controls the economy in every way
When you focus instruction on Math and Science
When you focus instruction on History and Reading
Which two wars were fought during the Cold War?
Vietnam and Korea
Vietnam and WWII
Korea and Iraq
WWII and Iraq
Iraq and Vietnam
Who was Robert H. Goddard?
He approached World War II in the U.S. Government
He helped create the atomic bomb
He liked to burn buildings down
He created a museum for himself near the town of Roswell
He had knowledge that helped send spacecraft to the moon
Where was uranium accidently found at in New Mexico?
Grant County
Kirtland Airforce Base
Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque
The town of Grants
What is WIPP?
A part of the Carlsbad Caverns tourist attraction
Where uranium was found in New Mexico
An above-ground storage facility where nuclear waste from around country is kept in deep tunnels
An underground storage facility where nuclear waste from around country is kept in deep tunnels
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What does Discrimination mean?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
The legal separation of races
A group that differs in race, religion, gender, or ethnic background from the main group
The first black student at a NM school
People who strongly support a cause
What does Segregation mean?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
The legal separation of races
A group that differs in race, religion, gender, or ethnic background from the main group
The first black student at a NM school
People who strongly support a cause
What does Minority mean?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
The legal separation of races
A group that differs in race, religion, gender, or ethnic background from the main group
The first black student at a NM school
People who strongly support a cause
What was the “new” black school in 1950's Tucumcari made from?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
Tears
An old football field
An old Army barracks
Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education
What was first major victory of the Civil Rights Movement?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education
The first black student at a NM school
The first black teacher at a NM school
People who strongly support a cause
What does Integration mean?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
De-segregation
The legal separation of races
A group that differs in race, religion, gender, or ethnic background from the main group
People who strongly support a cause
Who was Lauretta Loftus?
The legal separation of races
The football coach at the integrated high school
The first black student at a NM school
The first black athlete at a NM school
The first black teacher at a NM school
What does Activists mean?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
The legal separation of races
A group that differs in race, religion, gender, or ethnic background from the main group
The first black student at a NM school
People who strongly support a cause
What year did the Voting Rights Act get signed into law?
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
1964
1965
1968
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What does Labor Union mean?
A form of protest where people refuse to buy from a business whose practices they dislike
an organization of workers who join together to achieve common goals, such as better pay or safer working conditions
Come to the United States illegally and are forced to return home
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
The legal separation of races
What does Boycott mean?
A form of protest where people refuse to buy from a business whose practices they dislike
Nationwide
For seven years, from 1968 to 1975
Come to the United States illegally and are forced to return home
When people are treated differently and often unfairly because of their racial or ethnic background.
How many years have changes been in place for Hispanic students in New Mexico?
10 years
25 years
45 years
60 years
None of the above
What does La Alianza Federal de Mercedes mean?
The legal separation of races
Getting forest land
Reies López Tijerina
Tierra Amarilla
Federal Alliance of Land Grants
What is the best example in the textbook of Native Americans preserving their endangered culture?
Los Alamos
Blue Lake
Carson National Forest
Hikers and Campers
What does Diversity mean?
Regular
De-segregation
Diversity
Variety
Emotional
What does “La agua es la vida” mean?
Life is water
The legal separation of races
My home is your home
My crazy water
Water is life
What is considered to be New Mexico's #1 problem?
Water Shortage
Employment
Education
Climate Change
Immigration
How many gallons of water are used each day by a single family in Albuquerque?
100 gallons a day
100 million gallons a day
300 million gallons a day
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