The Mormons

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When did Joseph Smith dig up the golden plates and where?
1827 at Palmyra
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When did Joseph Smith publish 'The Book of Mormon'?
1830
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What did Mormons call non-Mormons?
Gentiles
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Where and when did the Mormons set up a bank and their first temple and when did the bank collapse?
Kirtland, Ohio set up in 1833. Bank Collapsed in 1837
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When did the Mormons settle in Missouri and why were they forced to leave?
1837-38, Slave owners saw them as a threat
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What was the name of the Mormons secret police in Missouri?
Danties
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When did the Mormons settle in Nauvoo?
1839-46?
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When did Joseph Smith receive a vision allowing the practise of Polygamy?
1844, whilst in Nauvoo
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Why was Joseph Smith shot and where?
Was running for president, in Nauvoo
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How large was the Mormon movement when Brigham Young became the leader?
16,000 people
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How many wagon trains were used to get to Salt Lake City?
100 wagon trains
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How many people died in the winter quarters?
700 died from plague and cold
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What was set up to encourage people to come to Salt Lake City?
The Perpetual Emigration Fund
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When did the US defeat Mexico and own the territory of the Salt Lake?
1848
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When did Utah become a state and under what condition?
1890, polygamy was banned
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