American West: Mormons
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- East
- How it all started?
- Joseph Smith claimed to see the angel, Moroni.
- Told to find golden plates on a hillside (apparently tribes of Israel visited America).
- Translated it behind a blanket.
- Mormon Bible.
- 5 to several hundred flowers.
- Translated it behind a blanket.
- Told to find golden plates on a hillside (apparently tribes of Israel visited America).
- Joseph Smith claimed to see the angel, Moroni.
- Beliefs
- chosen ones
- Polygamy
- Political aspirations
- no drinking, gambling etc
- conversion
- anti slavery.
- Problems in different towns
- Kirtland
- bank, bakery
- financial bank crash, Mormons had savings, jealousy
- Missouri
- disagreements in beliefs
- Nauvoo
- political aspirations, army, presidency
- Polgamy-even Mormons thought it was wrong
- shot Joseph Smith- New leader whom was Brigham Young.
- Kirtland
- How it all started?
- Journey
- winter Quarters
- grew food and restock
- however in the first winter 700 people died.
- grew food and restock
- way stations
- plant crops, workshops
- 16,000 people needed to move
- split into groups each assigned with captions
- pioneer group first
- winter Quarters
- West: GSLC
- no private land ownership
- US won against Mexico so Great Salt Lake City turned into state of Utah if banning polygamy- 1896
- sent missionaries out into Europe to convert
- emigrating fund to help people travel there, increasing population
- some Indians even turned mormon
- No trade with gentiles
- Problems
- Since children spent so much time farming, bad education so no developments happened
- first crops were destroyed by grasshoppers
- insufficient money and workers
- Mountain Meadow Massacre
- 1. Emigrants shouting at converted Indians.
- 2.Got angry so killed 7 of the emigrants- blamed the Indians
- 3. Mormons were worried it would spread so killed all 140 emmigrants.
- 4.Government sent in troops so Mormons fled to SLC. Offered pardon if they accepted US governcy.
- 3. Mormons were worried it would spread so killed all 140 emmigrants.
- 2.Got angry so killed 7 of the emigrants- blamed the Indians
- 1. Emigrants shouting at converted Indians.
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