The Mormons.

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Who started the Mormon religion?
Joseph Smith.
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When did Joseph Smith publish the Book of Mormon?
In 1830.
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Who did the Mormons believe were the descendents of the lost tribes of Israel?
The Native Americans.
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Why did the Mormons believe that the Native Americans were so speical?
As they believed Jesus had visited America.
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What was the Mormon name given to those who were not Mormons?
Gentiles.
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What did SOME Mormons form, which was against dissenters (abandoners of the faith) and gentiles?
The Danites.
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What were Mormons aginast, which was a part of SOME American scocities?
Slavery.
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What did Mormons try to do to Native Americans?
Convert them to Mormonism.
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What was the main reason for gentile hatred towards Mormons?
Polygamy, (which is the atc of having more than one wife.)
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What two things did the gentiles fear from the Mormons?
Social and economic power(s.)
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When did the Mormons go to Ohio?
In 1831.
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Where was the first place that the Mormons settled in?
In Kirtland, Ohio.
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In what year was Joseph Smith feathered and tarred?
In 1832.
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In what year did the Mormon bank collapse?
1837.
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Why did the Mormons leave Kirtland?
To escape the angry Mormon bank users.
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When did the Mormons go to Missouri?
In 1837.
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What was the second place the Mormons settled in?
Missouri.
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Why were Missouri slave owners annoyed by the Mormons?
As they were anti-slavery.
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What were the Danites suspected to do when in Missouri?
Plot with the Native Americans.
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What happened to the Mormon leaders when in Missouri?
They were arrested.
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When did the Mormons go to Illinois?
In 1839.
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What was the Mormon's third destination?
Illinois.
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What did the Mormons create, when they were in Illinois?
They created their own city called Nauvoo.
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What two things did Nauvoo have?
Its own laws and army.
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What did Joseph do when in Illinois?
He delcared his candidancy for to be President of the USA.
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Why did Brigham Young take over the leadership of the Mormons?
As Smith was killed (by a mob) when in jail.
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Where did Young choose to create the Mormon state?
Salt Lake Valley.
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Why did Young choose to go to Salt Lake Valley, even though the conditions there were were dry and harsh? (2.)
As he believed nobody else would want to go there and it was part of Mexico and not the US.
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When did the Mormons expect to leave Illinois?
In Spring of 1846.
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When did the Mormons actually leave Illinois and why?
In February of 1846; they were rushed out by gentiles.
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What three things caused the Mormons to have a dangerous journey west from Illinois?
As they were disorgansied (due to rushing), it was winter and they were in deep mud.
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What did the Mormons do during the winter of 1846?
They stayed in Winter Quarters on thier jounrney to Salt Lake Valley.
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By what time had 400 Mormons died from disease, the cold and a lack of supplies?
By the spring of 1847.
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When did the Mormons restart thier journey into Mexico?
In April of 1847.
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Why was thier 2nd jounrey to Mexico more organised than the first, in terms of grouping?
As the Mormons were split into groups, that were lead by commaders, who were under the command of Young.
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What did the Mormons do, to help future Mormon travellers on their journey?
They established way-stations and planted crops there, to help other travellers.
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When did the Mormons reach Salt Lake Valley?
In July of 1847.
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How did the Mormons solve the problem that there was little rain or water resources in Salt Lake Valley?
They dug water irrigation ditches from the Pacific Ocean.
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How did the Mormons solve the problem that there were no trees for wood?
They built houses from bricks of earth.
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How many English converts were prepared to go to Salt Lake City?
32,894.
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How many Mormon family plots (with gardens) were there per street?
8.
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Give the farmer family plot size range.
10-80 acres.
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Give the plot size for large families and elderly couples without family.
10 acres.
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Give the artisan and mechanic plot size and why was it this?
5 acres; they had little time to work the land.
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In what year did Mexico give Salt Lake City to the US, to make it into the Utah territory?
1848.
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What did the Danites do to go against American law from 1848?
They attacked US officials.
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How many US troops did the gentile govenor (of Utah) arrive with in 1857?
2500 troops.
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What was the name given to the Massacre that the Mormons blamed on the Plains Indians and how many people did it kill?
The Maountain Meadow Massacre and this killed 140 gentile settlers.
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When did the Mormons end polygamy and why and when?
In 1890, to become a US state in 1896.
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