Question

By the Civil War, which Native American tribe was the largest and most powerful in New Mexico?

A. Navajo.
B. Pueblo.
C. Mescalero.
D. Hopi.

Answer 1

The Navajo tribe was the largest and most powerful Native American tribe in New Mexico during the Civil War.

Step-by-step explanation:

The largest and most powerful Native American tribe in New Mexico during the Civil War was the Navajo. The Navajo tribe is the largest in the United States, with over 100,000 members in Arizona alone and others in surrounding states. They were forced to walk four hundred miles to a reservation in New Mexico in 1864, in an event known as the Long Walk.