What did New Mexicans do in the Spanish American war to prove their loyalty?

At the turn of the 20th Century, New Mexicans wanted to prove their loyalty to the United States. They found their opportunity by joining Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish American War.

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as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”