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Joseph Smith - founder of the Mormons Americans Rush West The Mormons Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Joseph Smith - founder of the Mormons The Mormons are a religious group of Christians with a different view and an alternative holy book to the bible, the Book of Mormon.

The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Pg.398 The Mormons believed on communal ownership of land which means that everyone in the church shared their property. (The opposite of private ownership. Kind of like Communism.) The Mormons believed in polygamy which means that a man can have more than one wife. Joseph Smith Some of the Mormon beliefs upset other Christian groups.

The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Americans Rush West The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Mormon Nauvoo Temple in Illinois The Mormons moved from New York, to Ohio, to Missouri and finally settled in Illinois for a while. There they build a commune (a place where people share their property) called Nauvoo.

The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Americans Rush West The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.399 The Mormons beliefs and lifestyle upset some people in Illinois and there was an outbreak of violence against the Mormons. Joseph Smith and his brother Hiram Smith were both murdered by the angry crowd.

The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Americans Rush West The Mormons - Troubles with Neighbors Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.399 Brigham Young The new leader of the Mormons, Brigham Young decided to move the Mormons to Utah. Slowly, over the next several years, groups of Mormon pioneers moved west and settled near what today is Salt Lake City, Utah.

California Gold Rush Americans Rush West Pg.398 Sutter’s Mill Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.398 Sutter’s Mill Gold was accidentally discovered at Sutter’s Mill by James Marshall who worked for John Sutter. James Marshall John Sutter

California Gold Rush Sutter’s Mill today... Americans Rush West Pg.398 Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Sutter’s Mill today...

Sutter’s Mill (replica) Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Sutter’s Mill (replica)

California Gold Rush Sutter’s Mill today... Americans Rush West Pg.398 Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Sutter’s Mill today...

People who came looking for gold were called prospectors. Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 About 80,000 people rushed to California in 1849 to try to strike it rich from finding gold. They were nicknamed, “Forty-niners”. People who came looking for gold were called prospectors.

Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 At first, the gold in California was found right near the surface of the earth in river beds or loose soil along or near the rivers. Panning for gold

California Gold Rush Panning for gold Americans Rush West Pg.398 Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Panning for gold

California Gold Rush Americans Rush West Pg.398 Panning for gold Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398 Panning for gold

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.398 But eventually it became much harder to get gold and better methods were developed like using a sluice box.

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.398

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.398

Chapter 13 section 5 Pg.398

California - A new state Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California - A new state Pg.398 California became a state in 1850...

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.400 Many Chinese people risked jail or death to come to America in search of gold.

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.400

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.400

Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.400

Some free blacks also came to try to strike it rich. Chapter 13 section 5 Americans Rush West California Gold Rush Pg.400 Some free blacks also came to try to strike it rich.