Utah Studies Unit 3 Study Guide
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Mormon Beginnings:
Describe the different cities where the Mormons moved to from New York to Salt Lake City.
How were the Mormons driven out of Independence, Missouri?
Explain the events that led to the martyrdom of Joseph Smith.
Who became the new leader of the Mormon Church and is also known as the “Great Colonizer” of the West?
What is an “exodus?”
Know the path that the Mormons took from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley.
Who was Sam Brannon?
What was the Mormon Battalion?
What was the purpose of the Advance Company? What day did they get to the Salt Lake Valley?
Why were the final 116 miles of the journey the most difficult for the Mormon pioneers?
What are the three main things the Mormons had to do first after entering the valley?
Describe the kind of surveying system did the Mormons use for most of their towns.
What event in California during the 1840s helped boost the Utah economy?
Know the difference between and “immigrant” and an “emigrant.”
Describe the importance of the PEF.
Know the controversy behind plural marriages.
Why did the Mormons settle so many different areas around the Great Basin?
Describe the Mormons’ first attempt at statehood.
The Utah Territory was created with what piece of legislation?
Why were the streets in Mormon settlements so wide?
Why did Brigham Young have later pioneers use handcarts?
Describe the different conflicts between the Mormons and the Indians in the Great Basin. What was the biggest killer of these Indians?
Describe the relationship between the Utes and the Paiutes.
Describe the Utah War.
Why is the Utah War also known as Buchanan’s Blunder?
Who was colonel Thomas Kane?
Describe Camp Floyd.