1. CHAPTER 5 A Journey to Utah

2. Mormons: A religious group organized by Joseph Smith.

3. Persecution: Causing people to suffer because of their beliefs.

4. PERSECUTION

5. Exterminate: To get rid of completely; to wipe out. Governor Boggs of Missouri said that all the Mormons must move or be killed.

8. Zion: A gathering place for people who want to live in peace. The promised land.

9. Martyr: A person who suffers persecution or death because of religion or beliefs.

10. JOSEPH SMITH

11. Communal: A system of common ownership. Everyone shares what they have with one another.

12. COMMUNAL

13. Brigham Young: He led the Mormon pioneers west to Utah.

14. BRIGHAM YOUNG

16. Winter Quarters: A temporary community of log cabins in Nebraska.

17. WINTER QUARTERS

19. Advance Company: The first group of Mormons who helped others make the trek west. Three women were in this company.

21. EMIGRATION CANYON

22. ENTERING SALT LAKE VALLEY

23. Green Flake: African American member of the Advance Company.

24. GREEN FLAKE

25. Midwife: A women who helps women in childbirth.

26. Brooklyn: The ship that took Mormon immigrants from the east to west coast.

27. BROOKLYN

32. OXEN

34. MULES

35. Bill of Rights: The part of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion.

36. BILL OF RIGHTS

37. Mormon Battalion: Mormon soldiers who volunteered to fight in the war against Mexico.

38. MORMON BATTALION

40. MORMON TRAIL

42. CHIMNEY ROCK

43. FORT LARAMIE

44. INDEPENDENCE ROCK

46. DEVIL’S GATE

48. SOUTH PASS

49. FORT BRIDGER

50. ECHO CANYON

51. Handcart: A wagon pulled and pushed by men and women.

52. HANDCART

54. COVERED WAGONS

56. WAGON TRAIN