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Mexican American war
The U.S. Army invades and captures New Mexico in the Mexican-American War.
https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/mexican-american-war -
NM becomes territory of the USA
As part of the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico becomes a territory of the US.
http://newmexicohistory.org/historical-events-and-timeline/us-territorial -
Civil war
The Civil war Begins; Confederate troops occupy southern New Mexico.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-american-civil-war -
New Mexicans prove their loyalty to U.S.
New Mexicans prove their loyalty to the United States by serving heroically in the Spanish-American War, especially as members of a cavalry unit known as the Rough Riders.
http://online.nmartmuseum.org/nmhistory/people-places-and-politics/statehood/history-statehood.html -
NM becomes part of the USA
The conservative document that body drafted was ratified by voters early the following year, and on January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the forty-seventh state in the Union.
https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1511.html
