Arizona

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Arizona

• From Territory to State

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Acquiring Land

• 1848- Land was acquired in the Treaty of
  Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Many settlers moved there during the Gold Rush
• The rest was purchased in the Gadsden Purchase in
  1853

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AZ Territory

• During the Civil War, Arizona southerners made
  Arizona a Confederate territory.
• 1863- Lincoln okayed the making of Arizona from
  New Mexicos land
• Capitol was in Prescott, and then later moved to
  Tucson
• 1889- The capital moved to Phoenix

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Miners

• Most modern day cities were created by miners in
  the Civil War era
• Immigrant miners set up trading posts in towns
  like Bisbee, Wickenburg, and Globe
• They mined gold, silver, and copper.
• Railroads made life easier in the 1880s.
• Mining towns had large populations and violence.

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Founders

• Nellie Cashman- the Angel of Tombstone fed
  hungry miners
• Sharlot Hall- first territorial historian
• Charles Poston- the Father of Arizona convinced
  Congress to admit AZ as a territory.
• John Swilling- founded an irrigation company and
  Phoenix

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Constitutional Convention

• 1910 congress allowed AZ to hold a Constitutional
  Convention
• Constitution was approved except the power to
  recall judges.
• AZ removed the recall to get the Constitution
  passed

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Statehood

• Feb. 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state
• George Hunt was the first Governor
• Voters immediately voted to add the recall back
  into the Constitution

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