1. MORMONS TRAVEL WEST

2. Members of Joseph Smith’s church or the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints WHO ARE THE MORMONS?

3. JOSEPH SMITH Smith believed he had found and translated a set of golden tablets that contained religious teachings.

4. Criticized for religious beliefs and practices – Polygamy – Strong connection between religion and politics – Change in how religion had been practiced PERSECUTION OF THE MORMONS

5. BRIGHAM YOUNG

6. UTAH, GREAT SALT LAKE

7. Mormon Church finally established itself on the frontier in the late 1840s. By 1860, there are 40,000 Mormons in Utah