Mormon Trail

the route that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled from Illinois to Utah in the mid-1800s, in search of religious freedom and a new home in the American West

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Forty-niner

• Gadsden Purchase

Which trail does the map represent?

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• California Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

Under the leadership of Brigham Young, by 1860 there were about __________________ Mormons in Utah.

• 400

• 4,000

• 40,000

• 400,000

Check 3 sets of possible hardships for settlers traveling on the trails.

• disease & accidents

• natural disasters & bandits

• gold & oil covering the trails

• run out of supplies, death of a loved one

Which trail would you have most likely traveled if you were a Mormon seeking religious freedom?

• California

• Oregon

• Salt Lake

• Santa Fe

A religious group that went west to Utah to practice their religion freely

• Protestants

• Catholics

• Mormons

• Methodists

Religious group that was persecuted. After their leader, Joseph Smith, was killed, the group moved to Utah.

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Muslims

• Mormons

What group led by Joseph Smith & Brigham Young moved from New York to Utah?

• Catholics

• Evangelicals

• Mormons

Where did many Mormons migrate to in the 1800s to avoid religious persecution?

Answer explanation

Utah

Mormon leader who settled in Utah

• Sam Houston

• Brigham Young

• General Utah

• James K Polk