Vocab
To be separate from all others
Isolation
Myth or Fact: Mountain men travelled primarily by horse, mule, or canoe
Fact!
The deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail
Push! After Joseph and Hyrum Smith were assassinated, the Mormons considered them martyrs. Still, they did not want to stay in a place where their leaders were being murdered.
Why did Mormon Pioneers travel on the north side of the Platte River?
To avoid potential confrontations on the Oregon trail
What type of insects plagued the early Mormon settlers in Utah?
Crickets
A person among the first to enter or settle a region
Pioneer
Myth or Fact: Most mountain men travelled alone
Myth! Most mountain men travelled with their wives and children, or with other mountain men
The Mormons practiced polygamy; a form of marriage where one man has multiple wives
Push! The practice of polygamy was both against the law, and alienated the Mormon's neighbors, who thought it was bizarre and inappropriate
Name at least one type of difficulty that the Mormon Pioneers encountered on the trail in 1847 between Winter's Quarters and Salt Lake City
Native Americans, dangerous animals, bad weather, illness, poor/difficult (steep, rocky) trail conditions, rivers, lack of food
Name at least one food the Mormon pioneers ate in their first winter in Utah
Crows, hawks, wolf, thistles, and sego lilies
A person who makes a new permanent home in a place that is undeveloped
Settler
Myth or Fact: After they finished trapping, many mountain men moved on to being trail guides, ranchers, farmers, or store owners
Fact!
John C Fremont described the area that would become Utah as having "water excellent; timber sufficient; the soil good, and well adapted to the grains and grasses to such an elevated region."
Pull! Brigham Young read Fremont's reports and hoped the area would be good for farming
Name two difficulties the Mormon Pioneers faced when they first left Nauvoo
Freezing nights, rain, mud, and flooding
What were the three most important tasks for the first Mormon pioneers to arrive in Utah?
Find food/water
Build homes
Explore
An area of land which is part of the United States, but is not a state
Territory
Myth or Fact: Mountain men were constantly having to fight off wild animals and/or Native Americans
Myth! Mountain men avoided confrontation with wild animals as often as possible. While they did sometimes have conflict with Natives, many mountain men befriended local tribes, learning their cultures and sometimes even marrying Native American women.
The land that is now the state of Utah was part of Mexico at the time the Mormons headed west (1846)
Pull! The Mormons had been facing intense persecution in the US and wanted to move somewhere else
Name one disease Mormon Pioneers died from during the 1846-1847 trek
Exposure, malnutrition, scurvy, TB, pneumonia, and malaria
Salt Lake City was laid out on a grid according to whose plan?
Joseph Smith
Hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender, or political beliefs
Persecution
Myth or Fact: Mountain men hunted purely for the love of the wild
Myth! Fur trapping was a job for most mountain men, not a passion. They would trap for a few years, then move on to doing something else.
Push! This executive order is also known as the Extermination Order. It ordered the Missouri Militia that "The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state if necessary"
When did the first death on the journey west take place?
March 18, 1846
What were the five features of a Mormon settlement?
Wide, grid patterned streets
Irrigation ditches along most streets
Large city blocks to fit homes and gardens
Squares in the city center for parks and public buildings
Farmland around the city center, protected by poplar trees