This was Thomas Hart Benton's job in the Government
What is Senator
100
This was where we purchased where the Kansas River joined the Missouri River.
What is Platte Purchase
100
What is a Mormon
What is believer in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
100
What strange beliefs made Missourians not like Mormons?
Coach will accept any good answer
100
A punishment used to embarrass a church leader
What is tar-and-feather
200
This is how long he served in the Government
What is 1820-1850
200
This was the reason why the US purchased the Platte Region
What is rich/fertile lands for farming
200
The founder of the Mormon church
What is Joseph Smith
200
Explain why the Mormon communities were disliked
What is clannish; close knit communities
200
This Mormon business was destroyed by a ob
What is Newspaper
300
This was Thomas Hart Benton's Political Party
What is Jacksonian Democrats
300
This is the reason why the Missouri state bank was important to Missouri's growth
What is
-Very successful bank that aided Missouri in times of major national depression.
-Successfully safeguarded virtually all to the funds from the Santa Fe Trail Trade and the Fur Trade
-Missouri needed a Strong State Bank that could provide adequate credit for economic development
300
The name of the Mormon Holy Book
What is Book of Mormon
300
Why were so many Mormons coming to Missouri?
What is flocking to Zion
300
This event saw several Mormons killed and no one was punished for it
What is Haun's Mill Massacre
400
This was why he opposed annexing Texas
What is he did not want war with Mexico
400
This was the reason why the Honey War occurred
What is
-Missouri and Iowa disagreed on their shared boundary
-Missouri Sherriff tried to collect taxes and fines from Iowans living there. The Iowa sheriff resisted and arrested the Missouri Sherriff
400
This is the state they originated from
What is New York
400
Mormon's were abolitionists. What does this mean?
What is anti-slavery
400
What was the extermination order
What is plan to get Mormons out of MO; dead or alive
500
This was why he was called Old Bullion
What is
-He was strong, constant, powerful, and always around just like old gold coins.
-Staunchly supported “Hard Currency” – gold/silver v. paper cash
500
This was how the Honey War was settled
What is U.S. Supreme Court divided the land evenly
500
This is what they called Independence
What is Zion
500
List, in order, the states the Mormons had to move to.