Settlers Flashcards

1
Q

Who were the first people to explore the west?

A

Mountain men that would hunt for animals in the 1820s and 1830s

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Who were the Missionaries?

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Among the earliest settlers on the west coast in the 1830s, their aim was to convert NAs to their form of Christianity

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Q

What were examples of why people headed west?

A

Problems in the East
Attraction of the west
Manifest destiny

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4
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What problems were there in the east?

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Economic problems
Overpopulation
Disease

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What were the attractions of the west?

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A new start
Government encouragement
Gold

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What was manifest destiny?

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WA believed that they were superior to NA and supposed to civilise the continent

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Who was the Donner Party?

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In 1846 they headed to California but took a short cut and ended up in deep snow, less than 50/87 survived though eating they dead ones

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Why was the journey to the west hard?

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Took around 5 months
10% would die
Diseases

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Who were the Mormons?

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A religion started by Joseph Smith who published the book of Mormons in 1830

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What does the book of Mormons claim

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That Jesus had visited America and that the Native Americans were descended from the lost tribes of Israel

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Where and when (in order) did the Mormons move

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Ohio (1831)
Missouri (1837)
Illinois (1839)
Salt Lake City (1846)

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What happened to Joseph Smith?

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He was killed in jail by a mob, the Mormons was then taken over by Brigham Young

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