The making of America: how the Mormons viewed the west.

Question 1

who were the Mormons founded by?

Answer 1

joseph smith.

Question 2

what did joseph smith claim?

Answer 2

angle Moroni visited him many times from 1823.
god showed him the way a book that started Jesus had gone to america after resurrection to start his true church.

Question 3

what were the Mormon ideologies?

Answer 3

shared land and property ownership and didn’t believe in slavery.

Question 4

when did the population count increase for them?

Answer 4

1830’s.

Question 5

why did they face opposition?

Answer 5

believed in shared ownership, un christian ideas like polygamy, anti-slavery. went against capitalist banks in east, believed smith acted like an all powerful king.

Question 6

who lead the building of salt lake city?

Answer 6

birmingham young.

Question 7

why did they chose salt lake to settle?

Answer 7

isolated, protected by mountains and outside US laws.

Question 8

when and how many mormons left to go to salt lake?

Answer 8

1846. 10,000.

Question 9

what did they build up west of the bank of the missouri river?

Answer 9

winter quarters.

Question 10

how much longer did they have left to go when they got to their winter quarters and how many had already died?

Answer 10

1000 miles.
700 died.

Question 11

when did they start moving again after the winter break and what was the name of the group who left?

Answer 11

1847. pioneer band.

Question 12

who was the pioneer band and what did they do?

Answer 12

in spring Brigham took a small group to find a place to settle before the rest came.

Question 13

what did pioneer band do when they got to salt lake?

Answer 13

put necessities in place eg: irrigation ditch, planted potatoes.

Question 14

what year did the rest of the mormons join the pioneer band?

Answer 14

summer of 1847.

Question 15

who owned the land and how was it distributed once in salt lake?

Answer 15

their church and given according to peoples needs.

Question 16

who did the mormons see young as and what did that make him easy to do?

Answer 16

direct link to god.
easy for him to tell people what to do and for his orders to be followed.

Question 17

when did the americans seize salt lake city?

Answer 17

1846-48.

Question 18

what lead to america seizing salt lake city?

Answer 18

Mexican american war?

Question 19

what did it mean for the mormons when their land got seized?

Answer 19

back under US control.

Question 20

what did young apply for, what did the government make it and what was his role?

Answer 20

applied for statehood for utah. made it a territory. as governor.

Question 21

when did the utah territory expand between?

Answer 21

1850-60.

Question 22

what did utah expanding do to those in the east?

Answer 22

scared those individuals that mormonism would continue to grow and return to the east.

Question 23

what did the government do in 1857?

Answer 23

government sent troops into utah to force young to change his laws on property, ownership and marriage.

Question 24

who lead a group of mormons and what other group and when to commit a massacre?

Answer 24

1857. john D lee.
      paiute (tribe.)

Question 25

what happened in the 1857 massacre?

Answer 25

killed 120 migrants who were travelling to california.

Question 26

who did john D lee blame for the massacre, who was found to be guilty and what was the consequences?

Answer 26

paiute.
proven mormons had played a key role.
forced young to step down as governor and utah made to follow the laws of the rest of the USA.

Question 27

when did the USA seize salt lake city?

Answer 27

1848.

Question 28

when did mormon towns and settlements planned by young spread quickly?

Answer 28

1850-60.

Question 29

what was a disadvantage of utah being territory?

Answer 29

not a state so not free to make its own laws on things like property’s, ownership or marriage.

Question 30

what was the purpose of the US sending troop out in 1857 to salt lake and what never occurred?

Answer 30

force young to bring his rules in line with US laws- conflict never occurred.