Mormons American West

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who was the founder of the mormons?
Joseph Smith
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What happened to Joseph smith to make him start Mormonism?
He dug up some golden plates and an angel came to him and translated the writing on them. It said there would be a second coming of christ.
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What were the Mormons' aims?
To settle and area and improve it, set up banks, set slaves free and to prepare for Jesus
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how were the Mormons received in the places they traveled to?
The Mormons went to Kirtland-Ohio but the people there were jealous of their prosperity and when the banks collapsed they drove them out. in new york the mormons were called blasphemous and shot at and driven out as well.
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what was the place that the mormons settled themselves?
salt lake which became salt lake valley.
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who was elected the new leader of the Mormons after Joseph Smith is killed in Illinois?
Brigham young was elected as the new leader and he organised the emigration from Illinois.
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What were the beliefs of the Mormons?
The Mormons practiced polygamy, they believed that Jesus was going to come again, they were rooted in christianity.
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