Chapter 6 WS Flashcards
(21 cards)
Immigrant era number one
1847: covered wagons pulled by oxen
Why did BY want people to come into salt lake? (3)
1: to build the kingdom
2: needed trained workers
3: to strengthen utahs settlements against persecution
Immigrant era number 2
1856-1860: pulled handcarts
Immigrant era number 3
1861-1869: down and back group
Immigrant era number 4
1869: transcontinental railroad -may 10
What does PEF stand for
PEF: perpetual emigration fund
What is PEF?
Company that loaned funds to emigrants
How many hand cart company’s?
10
How many people per handcart
5
Settlement characteristic 1
Streets laid out in grid patterns
Settlement characteristic 2
Very wide streets
Settlement characteristic 3
Extremely large blocks for homes and gardens
Settlement characteristic 4
Public building and park called squares in the center of town
Settlement characteristic 5
Farmlands beyond the city center
What a hand cart is
A handcart is a hand pulled wagon
Settlement problems with non-Mormons
Non Mormons began to arrive. There was friction between the groups because of exclusion. Church leaders were also government leaders.
The transcontinental railroad
May 10,1869: where the railroad tracks met together in promontory point utah
Define emigrant
Some one who is leaving
Emigrant -Exit
Define immigrant
Someone who is coming into a place
Immigrant-In
Term we use for people who came between 1847 and 1869
Pioneer*
Ask friend
A place called north cotton wood..
*** ASK MAYA