Author Question: New Mexico's Hispanic population had a very different experience than Hispanics in other parts of ... (Read 36 times)

student77 · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

New Mexico's Hispanic population had a very different experience than Hispanics in other parts of the Southwest. Even today there is a large and powerful Hispanic elite in the state. This is due to

a. The fact that New Mexico's white population was less ethnocentric
b. The power of the Catholic church in the state
c. The fact that Hispanics were the majority in the region and continued to have significant wealth and a larger number were able to maintain control of their land
d. The fact that so many whites moved into the state

Question 2

The view that the white man's supernaturally willed destiny was to rule and civilize all of North America, from coast to coast is called

a. Manifest Destiny
b. Divide and Conquer
c. The Trail of Broken Treaties
d. The Divine Right of Kings