List one barrier that new mexico faced in the quest to become a state.

Fear of having to change the way they lived

"One result of such hostility was that New Mexicans for more than sixty years were repeatedly This resulted in their land remaining a US territory until 1912, with officials . The state of New Mexican Politics in the period following the Mexican War was  Glorieta, in what would become known as the Gettysburg of the West." -hope that helped :)