Road to Statehood
Utah's official symbol that emphasizes its motto of "industry."
Beehive
Utah gains its name from this historic tribe.
Ute
Spreading this was a motivation for many Americans to move into Western territories.
1. Religion
2. Language
3. Culture/Customs
4. Government
Olene Walker served as Utah's first this from 2003 to 2005.
Female governor
Gail Halvorsen, a Utah Airforce veteran, was known as this type of "bomber" during the Berlin Airlift in 1948-1949
The Candy Bomber/Berlin Candy Bomber
This practice among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints contributed to the federal government denying statehood to Utah.
Polygamy
Also known as the Diné, meaning "the people," this tribe has historically lived in the Four-Corners region.
The Navajo
The belief that the United States was divinely destined to expand its borders from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
Seraph Young, a schoolteacher, became the first woman in the U.S. to do this:
Vote in a U.S. election
The event Salt Lake City hosted in 2002 and placed the city on the global stage.
Winter Olympics
This religious leader led Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Brigham Young
The names of the five historic tribes of Utah
Ute, Paiute, Shoshone, Goshute, and Navajo
Promontory Point was the location where the east and west lines of this railroad track met with the driving in of the golden spike.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Utah was among the states that helped push forward the eventual ratification of this Constitutional amendment
19th
Topaz, UT is the name of what site/event in U.S. history?
Japanese Internment Camps (during WWII)
The amount of times Utah applied for statehood before succeeding.
7
The introduction of this animal by the Spanish was seen as a benefit to the Ute, Navajo, and Shoshone
The horse
The territory that is now Utah was acquired by the U.S. from which nation through a end-of-war treaty?
Mexico
The Mormon women in Utah sent a bolt of Utah-produced silk to this national Women's Suffrage leader for her 80th birthday
Susan B. Anthony
Members of the Navajo Nation contributed to WWII intelligence efforts by transmitting messages in the Navajo language, giving the military members this name:
Code Talkers
The Utah War (also known as the Mormon Rebellion) arose when President Buchanan sent troops to replace Brigham Young as...
Governor
The Goshute tribe could make robes out of 250-300 skins from these animals.
Mouse/Mice
This industry brought many immigrant workers to Utah in its earliest days as a territory/state
Mining
Also known as "Mattie," this woman was the first female state senator from Utah after a successful campaign against her own husband, as well as a physician, Utah women's rights advocate, suffragist, and a founder and member of Utah's first State Board of Health.
Martha Hughes Cannon
As a result of nuclear testing in Nevada, many individuals in Southern Utah were exposed to radioactive material carried over through the atmosphere. These individuals are known as...
Downwinders