Turbulent Times in Utah Territory

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Turbulent Times in Utah Territory

• Chapter 8

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Bell Activity
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• Your words are rebellious and harass
• Find the word on your grey study guide and
  complete the following information for the word.
• Find the definition using a glossary.
• Use your own knowledge and experience to complete
  the rest of the definition.
• Where should your backpack be?

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• Get out all the work you have for Utah Studies.
• Work on any incomplete portions of the study
  guide including the map and essay prompt.
• Where should your backpack be?

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Word rebellious Word rebellious My Understanding 4 3 2 1
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Word rebellious Word rebellious My Understanding 4 3 2 1
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Word harass Word harass My Understanding 4 3 2 1
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Turbulent Times The Utah War Turbulent Times The Utah War
The Utah War Mountain Meadows Massacre
Kane Cummings Results of the War
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Bell Activity
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• Your word is massacre
• Find the word on your grey study guide and
  complete the following information for the word.
• Find the definition using a glossary.
• Use your own knowledge and experience to complete
  the rest of the definition.
• Where should your backpack be?

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Word massacre Word massacre My Understanding 4 3 2 1
Definition Definition Draw a picture of it
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Word massacre Word massacre My Understanding 4 3 2 1
Definition the killing of a large number Definition the killing of a large number Draw a picture of it
of people of people Draw a picture of it
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Sentence The tensions from the arrival Sentence The tensions from the arrival Draw a picture of it
of Johnstons army led to the massacre of Johnstons army led to the massacre Draw a picture of it
of the Fancher wagon train in Utah. of the Fancher wagon train in Utah. Draw a picture of it
Synonym/Example mass murder, slaughter Antonym/Non-Example save, preserve Draw a picture of it
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Today we will learn about

• History Objective We will be able to describe
  how the Utah War affected Utah.
• Behavior Objective Work Ethic We will stay on
  task to complete our work.

• Language Objective We will read and listen for
  important details then write them in our notes.

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The Utah War

• Fear and misunderstanding, along with rumors from
  runaway officials convinced President Buchanan
  that Utah territory was rebelling against the
  U.S.
• Popular sentiment was not with the Mormons.

James Buchanan
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Rumors stir fears among Utahns

• When word arrived that an army was coming to Utah
  Territory, fear and memories of previous
  persecution filled the LDS community.
• Orders were issued to protect the people of Utah
  and plan what to do when the army arrived.

Fortifications created by the Utah militia in
Echo Canyon.
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A Wagon Train

• Wagon trains now regularly stopped in Salt Lake
  City to restock on their way to California and
  other destinations.
• The Fancher Party was just such a group traveling
  through Utah at the wrong time.

Route of the Fancher Wagon Train
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An Atmosphere of Fear

• The Fanchers received a hostile reception from
  the typically friendly Mormons.
• They continued on their way to California, but
  never reached their destination.

One of the memorials at the massacre site.
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre
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Aftermath

• The massacre was blamed on the Paiutes at first.
• Later John D. Lee was tried and executed for the
  massacre.
• He was the only perpetrator to be punished for
  the crime.

John D. Lee
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Thomas Kane Alfred Cummings

• Kane traveled to Utah to investigate the
  situation.
• He worked with the new territorial governor,
  Alfred Cummings, to find a peaceful solution.
• They agreed that Johnstons Army would stay in
  Utah, but would not be in Salt Lake City.

Thomas Kane
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Camp Floyd

• Near Fairfield, the army built Camp Floyd.
• The Mormons moved back to their homes and
  businesses.
• Soon more outsiders came to sell to the soldiers
  and the LDS community.
• The days of isolation were over. The people of
  Utah had to come to terms with non-Mormons in the
  area.

Johnstons Army marching through Salt Lake City.
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Part of the Wild West

• The soldiers were not welcome in Utah, but they
  helped Utah in some ways.
• Cash jobs
• Auctions of army surplus
• Animals crops
• Other effects were not as pleasant.
• Gambling
• Cattle rustlers outlaws
• prostitution

Photograph of Camp Floyd
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The Soldier Leave for the Civil War

• After about three years, the Civil War began in
  the east and Johnstons army was recalled.
• Many of the soldiers who were stationed there
  fought each other in the war.
• At least 98 became general in the war.
• 50, including Johnston, fought for the South
• 48 for the North

Soldiers at Camp Floyd
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Governor Cummings Leaves

• Cummings tried to work with the Mormon community
  while upholding the law.
• A few months before the soldiers departed, he and
  his family left Utah.
• A community is seldom seen more marked by quiet
  and peaceable diligence, than that of the
  Mormons. -Cummings

Governor Cummings
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The Outcome of the Utah War

• From 1847-1857, few people besides the Mormons
  and Indians lived in the Utah Territory.
• With the Utah War, ever greater numbers of people
  with diverse backgrounds began to came to the
  state.
• Soldiers, merchants, suppliers, miners,
  railroaders other religious denominations.

Foundations of the SLC Temple
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A Peculiar People

• The Utah war also had an impact on the
  territorys relationship with the rest of the
  nation.
• Although many of the rumors that were spread
  turned out to be false, others (especially those
  about polygamy) were true.
• The rest of the nation thought that Utahns were
  different at best, rebellious at worst.
• It would take four decades and a lot of work for
  Utah to at last achieve statehood.

Salt Lake City with a partially completed temple.
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Bell Activity
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• Your word is diverse
• Find the word on your grey study guide and
  complete the following information for the word.
• Find the definition using a glossary.
• Use your own knowledge and experience to complete
  the rest of the definition.
• Where should your backpack be?

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Word diverse Word diverse My Understanding 4 3 2 1
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Word diverse Word diverse My Understanding 4 3 2 1
Definition differing from one another Definition differing from one another Draw a picture of it
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Sentence MLMS is a diverse school, Sentence MLMS is a diverse school, Draw a picture of it
with students from many different with students from many different Draw a picture of it
backgrounds. backgrounds. Draw a picture of it
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• Review quietly for your counties test.
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