Donner Party
This was the year the Donner Reed Party faced its tragic fate while attempting to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains.
What is 1846?
This leader replaced Joseph Smith and led the Mormons to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Who is Brigham Young?
What year did the first handcart company, leave for Utah?
What is 1856
This conflict between the U.S. government and Mormon settlers occurred between 1857 and 1858.
What is the Utah War?
This U.S. territory was the primary setting for the Black Hawk War from 1865 to 1872.
What is Utah?
What is the name of the railway that connected the eastern United States to the western territories?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Donner Reed Party is often associated with this tragic event that involved survival challenges during their journey westward.
What is Cannibalism?
The original location of the Mormon settlement established in 1839, known for its difficult conditions.
What is Nauvoo, Illinois?
The name of the notorious storm that affected handcart travelers in 1856.
What is the Mormon Pioneer Winter?
He was the leader of the Mormon settlers and the governor of the Utah Territory during the Utah War.
Who is Brigham Young?
This Native American leader led the resistance against settler encroachment.
Who is Black Hawk?
In what year was the railroad completed with the famous "Golden Spike" ceremony?
What is 1869?
The party set out from this midwestern city before they headed west, hoping to find a quicker route to California.
What is Springfield Illinois?
This body of water served as a significant reference point for Mormon pioneers traveling west.
What is the Great Salt Lake?
This was the primary reason that the Mormons chose to use handcarts instead of ox-drawn wagons.
What is to save money and be more mobile?
The only casualties of the Utah War.
What is the Mountain Meadow Massacre?
The Black Hawk War was primarily a conflict between the Ute tribes and these settlers from the east.
What are Mormon settlers?
This city served as the eastern start of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The start of the Union Pacific line.
What is Omaha, Nebraska?
This mountain pass proved more difficult than expected for the Donner Reed Party, leading to their entrapment by heavy snowfall.
What is Hastings Cut-off (pass)?
The name of the migration trail that many Mormons followed to reach the Great Salt Lake Valley.
What is the Mormon Trail?
The number of people who perished during the 1856 handcart treks due to various hardships.
What is estimated to be over 200?
(Some counts raise the total to nearly 800)
This war officially ended the war but didn't remove federal presence from Utah.
What is the American Civil War?
This term describes the violent encounters and conflicts that characterized the Black Hawk War, often resulting in loss for both Native Americans and settlers.
What is warfare?
This city served as the western start of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Start of the Central Pacific Line.
What is Sacramento, California?
Hastings Cut-off is now called this due to the disaster.
What is Donner Pass?
This U.S. state is considered the final destination for most Mormon pioneers.
What is Utah?
The person who led the rescue missions to save the handcart companies stranded in the Blizzard.
Who is Ephriam Hanks
The other name for the Utah War in terms of the President of the United States.
What is Buchanan Blunder?
This Ute tribe predominantly participated in the Black Hawk War, defending their territory against settlers.
What are the Timpanogots Utes?
President who passed the Railroad Act.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The groups split off this trail, half following this original trail the other half following the Hastings Cut-off.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The term for the organizational system was established by the Mormons to aid migrating families and groups. (PEF)
What is the Perpetual Emigration Fund?
The two handcart companies that got stranded in the Blizzard.
The governor replaced Brigham Young as part of the peace treaty with the Federal Government.
Who is Alfred Cummings?
This is how Black Hawk specifically was required to make amends following his surrender.
What was he required to travel to each place where he fought and apologized?
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met at this famous event marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
(Extra 100 points if you name location)
What is the Golden Spike ceremony?
(extra 100 points if they name location: Promontory Summit, Utah)