Mormons Flashcards
How did Brigham Young help the Mormons on their journey to Salt Lake City?
Assigned leaders and skills to everyone | split wagons into manageable groups | taught them how to form wagon circles
How did Brigham Young help the Mormons in their settlement at Salt Lake City?
Set up irrigation ditches to ensure there was enough fresh water to the fields | took ownership of land to the church, then handed it out according to need | sent out teams to survey Utah | negotiated with federal government for freedom of Mormons in Utah | set up the Perpetual Emigration Fund for poor Mormons to come to Salt Lake City
What is religious persecution?
Getting punished for your religion by the government or groups of people
Why did the Mormons feel they had to move west?
Were shot on the street | had houses burnt down (1837-38) | 1837 Economic Crisis - people blamed the Mormons | were attacked in newspapers | attacked by mobs, specifically in Illinois
What was the first stage to independence in 1848?
Brigham applied for Mormon lands to become an independent state, but the US government said it had to be run by federal officials and called Utah after the Ute Indians who lived there
What was the second stage to independence?
Brigham was appointed to be the first governor of Utah, but he began using the Danites to crush opposition from non-Mormons
What was the third stage of independence in 1857?
A non-Mormon give rot was sent to Utah along with 1500 soldiers to enforce federal rule and tension was increasing when suddenly the US government changed their minds and decided to try to reach a peaceful settlement with the Mormons
What was the fourth stage of independence?
The Mormons were eventually allowed to live their own lives in their own way, but Utah wasn’t allowed to become a state until polygamy was banned. They eventually agreed to a non-Mormon governor and polygamy was banned in 1890
Name an unsuccessful wagon party
The Donner Party
They took 41 children, used a bad guide and ended up eating each other
