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20 Cards in this Set
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Why did mountain men go west? |
To hunt beaver and elk for the fur trade in the 1820s and 30s |
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Why were the mountain men important? |
Because although they were not settlers they discovered trails used by later groups |
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How many miners where there in California by 1849? |
40,000 |
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How successful were the miners? |
Not very, but they spent all their savings to go mining with and this kick started the Californian economy , then when they realised this wasn't the way that became farmers |
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Give an example of a mining camp that became a large town |
Virginia city |
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Why did the donner party get snowed in? |
Because they left on the 31st of July, too late in the season |
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Which cut of did the donner party take? |
The hastings cut off |
1066 |
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Why did the Mormons go to Kirkland? |
A new start away from new York state (Smith's home) |
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Why did the Mormons leave Kirkland? |
-in 1832 smith was tarred and feathered by locals -in 1837 the bank run by Mormons went bankrupt and the Mormons were driven out |
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Why did the Mormons go to Missouri ? |
An area where few people lived so offered some sanctuary |
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Why did the Mormons leave Missouri? |
Because they were attacked by mobs and an exterminaton order was issued by governor boggs |
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Why did the Mormons move to nauvoo? |
And swamp area avoided by most settlers |
Shreck |
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Why did the Mormons leave nauvoo? |
They were hated by the locals especially when smith began to sanction polygamy |
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Why did the Mormons move the great salt lake? |
An 'unpopulous' country where a 'good living will require hard labour and consequently will be converted by no other people' |
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8 reasons the Mormons were hated |
Gibberish Polygamy Gentiles Danites DanitesNumbers Numbers Government Social Slaves |
Grand parents go down nightly getting saucy still |
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What were the 4 main problems for the Mormons going west |
Poor preparation Journey Organisation Faint hearted |
Peter piper j o f |
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How did brigham young solve problems like preparation and organisation |
Preparation - he sent advance pioneers ahead to set up camps for travelers Organisation - he taught them to manage a wagon train and defend again Indian attacks
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Name 9 problems of law and order |
Vigilantes Violence Poverty Court Land Distance Men Cattle Races |
Vast VulturEs Probably Cant Lick Dogs More Carefully (than) Rodents |
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How was the problem of distance (too much area to cover) solved? |
When the population reached 5000 the plains went from federal territory to territory, with local sheriff's to deal with criminals |
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How was the problem of a poor court system solved? |
Miners in mining towns set up miners courts which settled local matters like disputes or claims on land |
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