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Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are sometimes targets for persecution because people do not understand them or do not like their beliefs and practices.
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What were the Mormons hoping to find in the west?
The Mormons were hoping to find the freedom to practice their religion in peace and without persecution.
What was the Mormons main reason to move west?
After the Book of Mormon was found, people became angry. They martyred the Prophet Joseph Smith. Afterwards, persecution for the Mormons became worse, and they decided to move to Utah for a place to live without persecution.
Did the Religious persecution caused Brigham Young to lead the Mormons to Utah?
Yes
What was the religious group that settled Utah in the 1840s in an attempt to escape persecution?
Mormons(Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints).
Who are the people that traveled westward on the Oregon trail to escape persecution in the east?
mormons I believe..
Why did Utah become the center of mormonism?
Because that is where Mormons went in order to escape persecution.
Did the Mormons get to Utah?
yes, they were forced from illinois by persecution. so they moved to the deserts in utah
Mormons?
Group that migrated westward along the Oregon Trail who wanted to escape persecution
What was a push that moved the Mormons west?
Persecution. The Mormons were chased out of Missouri and asked to leave Illinois... so they moved further west, where there was nobody to kick them out.
A religious group that formed in the mid-1800's that had to move away to escape persecution was the?
Mormons
Why was it impossible for Mormons to live in the east?
it was impossible for yukmyukMormons to live in the east because of persecution from mobs.
Persecution of Mormons in 19th century?
The church started in New York, but local persecution drove the Latter Day Saints (LDS) to Ohio and Illinois. Persecution in both those places wound up driving the saints to Utah.
