The Santa Fe Ring:
A) resisted the settlement of Anglo ranchers.
B) petitioned the president to endure civil rights for Indians.
C) were laborers from France and Italy who worked in vineyards.
D) seized millions of acres through fraud and legal manipulation.

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The Santa Fe Ring was a group of powerful and influential lawyers and politicians in the 19th century who seized millions of acres of land in New Mexico through fraudulent means and legal manipulation, often at the expense of the local Hispanic and Native American populations.