Transcript Review for Chapter 7

Settling the Great Basin
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Study Guide
Cause and Effect, Helping or Hurting activities
Utah War reading (yellow)
Political Cartoon notes and analysis
Utah – The Struggle for Statehood video
questions
We Shall Remain – The Paiute video guide
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1. What were some of the
reasons there was conflict
between native people and white
settlers? (2-3 reasons)
The Mormons took over Indian lands
and resources, neither group could
communicate with each other, both
sides did not understand how the
other lived, diseases brought by the
Mormons killed thousands of Indians
2. Give three examples of
cultural differences between
native people and settlers.
Native Americans
Traditional Utes
Free flowing existence
Live for here & now
Freedom of choice
Non-ownership of the land (except for territorial
boundaries)
Hunters, roamers
Harmony with nature
Sharing
Non-competitive
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3)
2. Give three examples of
cultural differences between
native people and settlers.
Settlers
Settlers
Strict rules
Future oriented
Strict discipline of children
Land ownership
Farmers
Conquering nature
Hoarding
competitive
3. When Mormon pioneers began
settling in the Great Basin region,
why were so many Indians getting
sick and the Mormons weren’t?
The ancestors of the Mormons had
been exposed to these diseases
and developed some immunity
to them, the Native Americans
did not have any immunity to the
diseases
4. Give three examples of how
Native tribes and settlers
helped each other.
Settlers & Utes in Sanpete work together to get
supplies through the snow.
During the time that the Mormons were
starving, Ute and Shoshone women taught them
to eat sego lily roots.
Women of the Mormon Relief Society worked to
make clothing for Indian women and children.
Native women would often glean the settler’s
field after the harvest to gather food that was left
behind.
5. What kind of relationship
was there between the different
tribes in Utah before the
Mormons came?
The tribes fought with each other for
territory and resources. The Utes
and Shoshone were the most
powerful tribes in the area and they
raided the Goshute and Paiute
tribes for slaves to sell to Mexico
6. Why did the Paiute Indians
welcome the Mormons as friends
so easily?
The Paiutes hoped the Mormons
would protect them from the Ute
and Shoshone.
7. Describe some of the reasons
(2-3) why the Walker War began.
-Fighting over territory and
resources
-Diseases
-Lack of communication
-Ever increasing numbers of
Mormon immigrants coming to Utah
8. What did the settlers do
when the war started? What did
Brigham Young want them to do?
They fought back against the Utes,
built forts and sent the local militia
to fight.
Brigham Young wanted the people
to help feed the Indians instead of
fighting them.
9. _______________________
negotiated a cease fire in the
Walker War with the Ute leader
_____________.
Brigham Young, Walkara
10. Which U.S. explorer, trying
to find a railroad route, was
killed by Indians?
__________________________
John Gunnison
11. What was the purpose of
Indian farms?
They were supposed to teach Native
Americans European style farming
practices, along with religious
education and white lifestyles.
12. Why were they only
partially successful?
Most Indians did not want to give up
their way of life and thought that
farming was too difficult
13. Why did some tribes and/or
individual Native Americans
convert to the LDS church?
Some converted to create a stronger
tie with the Mormons through their
religion and to gain the protection of
the Mormons from other tribes
14. Who was Jacob Hamblin and
what did he do in this chapter?
He fought against the Indians but
later became convinced that he
was supposed to become their
friend. He helped convert many
Paiute and Ute to the Mormon
religion
15. Who was William Drummond
and how did he contribute to
the beginning of the Utah War?
He was an anti-Mormon judge who
left his post in Utah and spread
rumors about a Mormon rebellion in
the eastern U.S.
16. Why was a federal army sent
to the Utah Territory?
Because some people believed the
Mormons were rebelling against
the government.
17. Describe the causes for the
Utah War?
-Untrue and true stories about the
Mormons being published in
newspapers
-Lack of communication with Utah
-To create distractions from problems
in the U.S. (slavery, economy)
18. Who was James Buchanan and
what did he do in this chapter?
He was the president at this time
and he sent an army to Utah to put
down a supposed Mormon rebellion.
19.________________________
became the leader of the Utah
Expedition and eventually
established Camp Floyd near
Utah Lake.
Albert Sidney Johnston
20. Who was Lot Smith and what
did he do in the Utah War?
Smith was one of the leaders of the
Utah militia and lead raids on the army
being sent to Utah
21. What were some of the
preparations Utahns made for
the war?
-many men volunteered for the
militia
-food storage
-militia burned supplies before the
army could get them
22. Who was killed in the
Mountain Meadows Massacre, and
by whom?
Arkansas and Missouri emigrants on
their way to California were killed by
the Iron County militia.
23. Describe what led up to the
massacre, what happened (in
general) during the massacre, and
what happened after the event.
-Many people were very afraid because of the army
being sent to Utah; B.Y. had told the Mormons not to
trade with outsiders which caused bad feelings
between the emigrants and the Mormons, etc.
-The Fancher wagon train was ambushed and attacked
for several days before being lured out and killed by
the Iron County militia
-The local Mormon tried to cover up the crime by
blaming it on the Paiute tribe
24. Who was Isaac Haight and
what did he do in this chapter?
He was one of the leaders of the Iron
County militia and participated in
the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
25. _________________________
was the only participant in the
Mountain Meadows Massacre to be
tried, convicted, and executed.
John D. Lee
26. Why did Lot’s Army burn
Fort Bridger and Fort Supply?
To prevent the army from getting
supplies there so that they would be
too weak to fight when they got to
Utah.
27.Why did newspapers begin
calling the Utah action
“Buchanan’s Blunder”?
Because he had sent a huge,
expensive army to Utah with very
little evidence that there was a
problem with the Mormon
communities there.
28. What did Brigham Young
order the Mormons in Salt Lake
City to do before the army
reached the city?
Everyone was told to leave and go to
Provo, and Mormon militia men
prepared to burn the city is the army
attacked.
29. Who was Thomas Kane and why
was he trusted by the Mormons?
He was a non-Mormon who did not
believe the rumors about a rebellion
in Utah who offered to try to make
peace with the Mormon community
and the army that had been sent to
Utah
30. How did Thomas Kane help
resolve the Utah War conflict?
He and Alfred Cummings negotiated
a compromise that allowed the army
to stay in Provo and removed
Brigham Young as governor of Utah
Territory
31. Who was Alfred Cumming and
what role did he play in the
Utah War?
He was sent to Utah to be B.Y.
replacement as governor and helped
negotiate a peace agreement in the
Utah War.
32. How was the war ultimately
ended?
Through compromise instead of
fighting
33. How did the U.S. Army
affect the local economy?
The army helped the economy by
bringing in much needed cash. They
hired locals to help them build their
base, paid for locally grown food,
and bought other supplies as well.
34. What were some of the
benefits and problems created
by Camp Floyd?
The soldiers were not welcome in Utah, but they helped Utah in
some ways.
Cash & jobs
Auctions of army surplus
Animals & crops
Other effects were not as pleasant.
Gambling
Cattle rustlers & outlaws
prostitution
35. Why did the soldiers leave
Camp Floyd? What happened to
them?
The Civil War began in the eastern
U.S. and the army was recalled to
fight for the North or the South
36. In what ways was diversity
a result of the Utah War?
The army brought non-Mormons of
many different backgrounds to Utah
and many of these people did not
leave with the army.
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Agenda
 Take the Chapter 8 test.
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 Take the states quiz. If you spell something
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Arizona
Montana
Utah
California
Nevada
Washington
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Essay Questions
1. Why was there conflict between the
Indians and the Mormon settlers?
2. Why did the federal government send
troops to the Utah Territory?
3.
How did Utahns prepare for war with
the federal army?
 Be sure to explain three reasons that answer the
question you choose. ONLY DO ONE ESSAY
QUESTION!!