The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The refusal to accept New Mexico as a state says a lot about what people at that time thought it meant to be American. Thet showed a racist behavior because the United States Congress did not accept the New Mexico's application to be a state of the Union. The reason? Congressmen had many doubts about the kind of people -mostly Native American Indians- that could be part of the United States.
Yes, I see contemporary parallels or similarities with present events. Recent racists events have taught us that racism practices are very ingrained in some parts of American society.
The cost of a human life
The evil nature of men towards each other
The search for children who had been sold
The quick passage of time in the life of a child
D.The confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses.
Causes: differences in religious belief. The Puritans believed that the Church of England needed to be purified by elimi- nating all traces of Catholicism. ... Hutchinson taught that believers needed neither the church nor its minis- ters to interpret the Bible. Results: Hutchinson was ban- ished from Massachusetts Bay
