7. Mountain Meadow Massacre

• History
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Who was the first leader of the Mormons?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Brigham Young
3. Josef Smith
4. Jefferson Davis

Who was the second leader of the Mormons?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Brigham Young
3. Josef Smith
4. Jefferson Davis

Which City did the Mormons build?

1. Kansas City
2. Salt Lake City
3. Washington
4. Red Mountain City

What Mormon idea did other Christians dislike?

1. Polygamy
2. Having an army
3. Saving money
4. Building their own city

What was the name of the angel that delivered the mormon message?

1. Rafael
2. Leonardo
3. Michael
4. Moroni

The Mormons arrived in Utah in 1847. Ten years later in 1857 what was it like to live there?  

Using the next slides create a spider diagram or bullet point list of Mormon settlement. 

Ownership

Brgham Young decided that there would be no private ownership of land or water. 

Farmland

The Church would give each family an amount of land according to thier needs. 

God

The Mormons believed that that Young was inspired by God so they accepted his decisions without argument. 

The Mormons had settled in the state of Utah. But they wanted more....

Deseret would encompass a massive area including: Utah; Colorado; Nevada; Colorado; Wyoming. 

'The Mormons produce very little from factories like farm tools' . 

'Children are only in school three months in the year so that they can work on the farms'

The Danites

The Danites were a secret group of vigilante Mormons. Their job was to defend the community against any attack, acting as a police force and army for the Mormons. 

Was Mormon settlement in Utah successful?

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The US Government send an army to Utah

A new governor is placed in Utah

140 white settlers are massacred at Mountain Meadows

Mormons do not stick to US rules. 

The Us army are defeated