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Chapter 7

Settling the Great Basin

The Utah Journey: Holzapfel and Myers

Objective

Students will apply and review learned information from

Chapter 7: Settling the Great Basin.

Perpetual Emigration Fund• Brigham Young set up the

Perpetual Emigration fund in 1849. • Why would Brigham Young have

chosen to create this fund, instead of making people pay for themselves?

• He wanted more members of the Mormon religion to come to the Salt Lake Valley. • Members donated:• Money• Oxen• Wagons• food

• Immigrants paid back their loans through:• Preforming labor• Cash• Farm products• Goods http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/

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The Grid System in Nauvoo

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• Before the Mormons built Salt Lake City on a grid system, they first built the city of Nauvoo this way.

• Joseph Smith came up with this system of city planning for the Mormons.• He believed there were

advantages of living in close communities, instead of isolated farms. • What may have been

some advantages to living in communities?

The Great Compromiser

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• After the Mexican-American war, the United States was in a debate about slavery.

• Senator Henry Clay came up with a compromise where both those for and against slavery would be happy.

• California entered the US as a free state, while Utah and New Mexico became territories

• Utah and New Mexico were allowed to decide on their own whether to allow slavery.

• The senator became known as “The Great Compromiser.”

Territorial Rights

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As a territory, Utah did not have the same rights as a state:• As a territory Utah Could

choose some local officials and make some local laws.

• They could not vote for the president, governor, or judges, or have representatives vote in congress. • What would have been the advantages to being a state instead of a territory?

Utah’s First Capital

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• Utah’s first capital was located in Fillmore, Utah.

• Fillmore was centrally located in the territory, but was not a convenient location for most of the state legislatures.

• The capital was moved to Salt Lake City after one session.

• The city (Fillmore), and the county (Millard) were named after the president at the time, Millard Fillmore.

Review

List 3 things the Compromise of 1850 did for Utah?

1. Made Utah a territory

2. Appointed a governor

3. Appointed judges

What practice in the Mormon religion allowed for multiple

wives?

Polygamy

What were the different ways settlers traveled to

Utah? HandcartWagonBoat

The Mormons set up a fund that

would enable many Mormon immigrants to continue to move

into Utah. It was called the:

Perpetual Emigration Fund

The First Capital in Utah was in:Fillmore

It was named after which President of the United

States?Millard Fillmore

True or False: There was no

rhyme or reason to how Utah towns were built.

False!Explain the difference

between an emigrant and an immigrant.

Emigrant: leaves a state or countryImmigrant: Come to a state or

Country

One of the first buildings built by

Mormons in Utah was a , a shaded place to

hold meetings.Bowery

List the 3 most important tasks facing the Mormons once they reached the Salt Lake Valley.

1.Build Homes2.Plants Crops3.Explore the area

The Mormons had used the grid system to set up a previous city

they had built before Salt Lake City. What city was it?

Nauvoo

Explain why the streets

in Salt Lake were so wide.

In order to turn a horse and

carriage around.

In the late 1840’s, what event

helped boost the economy of the Great Basin while bringing much

needed money to the people living in Utah?

Gold Rush in California

List 3 reasons why Mormon

Pioneers built many settlements across Utah and

surrounding areas.1. Settle new area2. Trading posts

3. Place for travelers to rest

True or False: Mormons built settlements all over Utah to gain control over the Indians

in the region.

False

What is the #1 reason people used handcarts to move west?

CheaperImmigrants paid back the

Perpetual Emigration Fund by:

1. Donating labor2. Paying back in cash3. Farm products or goods

Identify 3 problems faced by the Mormon Pioneers once living in

Utah.1. Weather2. Water3. Indians

Who was known as “The Great Compromiser” and came up with the

Compromise of 1850Henry Clay

Identify what the people in the Utah Territory could they could not do because Utah was not

given Statehood.

• Could not vote for a president, governor, or

judges• No representatives could

vote in congress

Vocabulary Words:

Isolate

Proposed

Compromise

Petition

Morality

Survey

Bowery

Exit Ticket:What is one thing about this test you feel confident with?

What is one thing you feel you need to study more?

Sources:

Jackson, Richard H. "The Mormon Village: Genesis and Antecedents of the City of Zion Plan." BYU Studies 17 (Winter 1977):223-40.

Holzapfel, R. N., & Myers, S. A. (2009). The Utah Journey. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith.