1. Chapter 13: Manifest Destiny Section 1: Trails West

2. Vocabulary Mormon: member of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 land speculators: people who buy land in the hope that it will increase in value converts: people who accept a new religious belief

3. The Early Pioneers Mountain men and fur trappers Jedadiah Smith: used the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains Jim Beckwourth: found “Becwourth Pass” through the Sierra Nevada Mountains Oregon Trail: Missouri to Oregon Territory Santa Fe Trail: Missouri to New Mexico Territory

5. The Mormon Trail Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 Brigham Young moved the Mormon people west to avoid persecution Salt Lake City, Utah founded in 1847