Gcse History - The American West - How Did The Mormons Live At Salt Lake City?

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Match up the problems with the solutions:

The Great Salt Lake and surrounding lands were hardly ideal for settlement. The Lake was salty and it was therefore difficult to grow crops.

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The surrounding streams were not salty and so the Mormons began digging ditches to allow this water to irrigate the farmland.

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In order for the Mormon territory of Utah to flourish it needed many more settlers.

Back 2

Brigham Young set up the Perpetual Emigration Fund to provide money for poor Mormons living across America to encourage them to take the journey West.

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Brigham Young wanted the Mormons to spread throughout the whole of Utah.

Back 3

Brigham Young surveyed and established suitable areas to be towns. He placed settlers there so there was an even balance of skills, ages and occupations.

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Brigham Young was required to lead a large group of 1,500 Mormons into unknown territory and was fairly poorly prepared.

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He divided the Mormons into manageable groups, insisted on strict discipline, insisted on regular resting places and taught them how to form their wagons into a circle at night for safety.

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With such a large group there could've been arguments and disputes between the settlers.

Back 5

Brigham Young was an exceptional leader. Every member of the community obeyed him and they believed his decisions were inspired by God.

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Brigham Young wanted the Mormons to be free to follow their own beliefs and customs. They needed political independence to do this.

Back 6

Brigham Young campaigned for Mormon independence and took several measurements to try and prevent outside interference.

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Brigham Young wanted the Church to own all of the land.

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He decided there would be no private ownership of land and the Church assigned farmland to people according to their needs.

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Young wanted Salt Lake to be self-sufficient.

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They failed to make iron, grow cotton or sugar cane. It was a complete disaster.

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Young wanted there to be neat, clean houses in Salt Lake.

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The houses are built of Spanish or sun dried brick which look neat and are warm and comfortable.

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Young wanted to settle Salt Lake Mormons.

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He sent missionaries to Europe, the Far East and South America to win converts. In England alone 32,000 people were ready to sail. The Perpetual Emigration Fund gave travellers money which they paid back after getting to Utah.

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Young wanted to make a Mormon state.

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Salt Lake City became the capital of Utah in 1858. Population grew as the gold seekers came, making it one of the most populous cities in the American West.