Download Timeline of New Mexico History

Timeline of New
Mexico History
What do you know about the history of
New Mexico?
The Earliest People
■ As
far back as 12,000 years ago, New
Mexico drew early humans to its lands and
evidence of their presence has been found
in many locations throughout the state.
13,000-10,000 BCE (or even earlier)- The Sandia People
13,000-9,000 BCE- Clovis People
9000 – 8000 BCE- Folsom People
10000 – 500 BCE- Cochise People
700 BCE -1300 CE
The Anasazi build & sustain a developed
civilization at Chaco Canyon
Bandalier
From 1150 CE to 1550 CE the Ancestral Pueblo
People lived here, built homes in the walls of the
canyon, and planted crops on top of the mesa.
By 1550, the Ancestral Pueblo people had moved from this
area to pueblos along the Rio Grande because severe drought
added to what were already becoming difficult times.
A.D. 1200-1500s
Pueblo Indians establish villages along
the Rio Grande and its tributaries.
1519 – Hernando Cortez
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
1598
Juan de Oñate
1599
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Battle at Acoma between natives and Spaniards.
Statue of Juan de Oñate located a few miles
north of Española, New Mexico. In January of
1998, it was damaged by vandals.
1680 - Pueblo Indian Revolt
Santa Fe, NM
The Pueblos unify against the
Spanish and defeat them! It
was the only successful Native
American revolt against the
Spanish in all of the Americas.
1706
Villa de Albuquerque founded.
1821
Mexico declares independence from Spain.
1846 Mexican-American War begins.
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1848
New Mexico as a territory of the United
States
1863-1868 "The Long Walk"
Led by Kit Carson, about 8,000 Navajos were
forced to walk 300 miles across the desert of
New Mexico.
1881 Billy the Kid shot by Sheriff Pat
Garrett in Fort Sumner N.M.
1912
"Walking 30 miles to visit family in Santa Fe";
Chomita, New Mexico (Circa May 1935)
A displaced family looking for work in 1935
1930-1943 – The Great Depression
The Manhattan Project
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On August 2nd, 1939 Leo
Szilard and Albert Einstein
sent a letter to President
Roosevelt warning that
Germany might develop
atomic bombs.
On December 6th, 1941
FDR authorizes “The
Manhattan Project” and the
goal is to create an atomic
bomb
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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On Dec. 7th, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl
Harbor leading to the entry of The United
States into WWII.
Executive Order 9066
Japanese Internment Camps
Americans of Japanese ancestry
were forced to relocate to
Internment Camps.
The DOP incarcerated 4,555 men
of Japanese ancestry in Santa Fe.
The Army operated a POW camp
in Lordsburg, New Mexico
where men of Japanese ancestry
also found themselves
imprisoned.
September 23rd, 1942
Colonel Leslie Groves is placed in charge of the Manhattan
Project. J. Robert Oppenheimer becomes the Project's
Scientific Director.
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They later
chose Los
Alamos, New
Mexico as the
site for Project
Y.
Navajo Code Talkers
The Code Talkers used codes and their Navajo language
to help end the war in the Pacific. Many were from New
Mexico.
The Bataan Death March
March-April 1942
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New Mexico soldiers serving
in the 200th Coast Artillery
during WWII are captured by
the Japanese and forced to
endure a 60 mile march.
About 2,500–10,000 Filipino
and 100–650 American
prisoners of war died before
they could reach their
destination.
Trinity Site in Southern NM 1945
Japan’s Surrender
August 15th, 1945
The Cold War 1947-1991
After WWII, there was a state of political and military
tensions between the United States and the Soviet
Union.
The Nuclear Arms RaceThis was a competition to develop nuclear weapons during the
Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union dominated
nuclear warhead production
1948
Native Americans win the right to vote in state
elections only.
Sandia National Laboratories
Known as Site Z during the Manhattan Project, Sandia National
Laboratories has a location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2005
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The Federal Government provides more than a
quarter of the jobs in New Mexico and is a
major driver of the New Mexico economy!
Looking at New Mexico History
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What surprises you about New Mexico’s
history?
Do you know anything about New Mexico’s
history that was NOT in this PowerPoint?
What about New Mexico’s history are you
interested in learning more about?
Sources:
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http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.
php?fileID=312
http://acoma.sks.com/About_Acoma.aspx
http://www.shgresources.com/nm/timeline/
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/E
S-112A/Onate.html