ERIC Number: EJ172405
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Publication Date: 1976
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Rejection Because of Race: Albert J. Beveridge and Nuevo Mexico's Struggle for Statehood, 1902-1903
de la Cruz, Jesse
Aztlan, 7, 1, 79-97, Spr 76
Senator Beveridge led the opposition to statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The statehood measure possessed all the necessary requirements for passage, yet it failed. The pro-statehood faction charged that the territories were being denied entry into the Union mainly because of the large Spanish speaking population found within their borders. (NQ)
Descriptors: Conflict, Political Issues, Racial Discrimination, State History, United States History
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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