Chapters 9 and 10

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Chapters 9 and 10

• Notes and Review
• (HINT during this show, if it is orange make
  sure you know it!

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Compromise of 1850

• It's all about slavery and who will be allowed to
  have it in their state!
• CA became a state and in return Utah and New
  Mexico would get to decide when they became
  states.
• Officially created UT Territory with Fillmore as
  its capital.
• Judges were to be federal and were brought in
  from the east.

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Utah WarGossip, Gossip, Rumor, Rumor

• Polygamy officially announced in 1852.
• 1857 - rumors of murder, destruction of legal
  records, unfair treatment of non-Mormons and open
  rebellion in the territory reaches Pres.
  Buchanan.
• New governor was sent out along with an army to
  support him if needed.

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More Miscommunication

• Brigham Young only heard an army was coming and
  not that he had been replaced as Gov.
• Militia enlistment went up and was sent to harass
  the army to including burning Fort Bridger.
• Stopped the army in Wyoming.
• Evacuated SLC and northern communities.
• 1858 military arrived and set up Camp Floyd.

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The military Camps of Floyd and Douglas

• Floyd became 3rd largest city in territory and
  brought in lots of and surplus supplies.
• Negative in that Fairfield became the
  stereotypical "Wild-west" town.
• Civil War caused troops from Floyd to go back
  east so they sold everything and Fairfield calmed
  down.
• Alfred Cumming was very fair as Governor, then
  came Patrick O'Connor.

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Ahh- Federal Laws

• Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act 1862
• no one may be married to more than one person at
  a time
• No church may own more than 50,000 in property
• Poland Bill 1874
• Federal Courts have jurisdiction
• Edmunds Act 1882
• Polygamy punishable by 500 fine and no one
  convicted may vote, hold office, serve on jury
• Edmunds-Tucker Act 1887
• required plural wives to testify or go to jail,
• abolished local militia
• confiscated church property
• took away women's right to vote
• why and what problems could this cause

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Polygamy and the court

• Sugarhouse was set up as a prison.
• Many went into hiding or went to jail instead of
  abandoning wives/kids, or left country/area
• Reynolds v. The US 1879
• polygamy is not illegal to believe in, only to
  practice.
• "Cohab Hunts" - 20 per polygamist.
• 1890 LDS Church Pres Wilford Woodruff issues a
  manifesto declaring his advice to "refrain from
  contracting any marriages forbidden by the law."
  

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Bridging the Gap

• There was distrust between Mormons and
  non-Mormons due to secrecy and unwillingness to
  ask questions.
• Liberal Party (Started by O'Connor) v People's
  Party

• Utah reps went to the World's Fair in Chicago and
  set up exhibits and competed when able
• Wilford invited non-Mormons to go through the
  temple on the first day it was opened.

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Women -Had the right to vote, lost it, and got it
back!

• State Constitution included women.
• Famous Suffragists came to Utah impressed by
  roles women had here along with their
  organizational skills.

• Emmeline B. Wells
• Editor of Woman's Exponent and worked towards
  women's rights.
• 1st woman to get an honorary Degree (BYU). 
• Only woman with a statue in the Capital Rotunda.
• Martha Hughes Cannon
• Ran against her husband on the Democratic ticket
  and won as senator for Salt Lake County in 1896.

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Prohibition

• Law to prevent selling or manufacturing of
  liquor.
• Did not get included in the State Constitution
  due to controversy.
• US Amendment 18 did nationally and then repealed
  with 21st.

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Issues that caused problems with Statehood

• Polygamy
• Women's Suffrage
• Prohibition

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Utah was official on Jan 4, 1896.