Religious+Pioneers+impact+us+today

1.)The mormons impacting us today.

2.)__**What I already know:**__


 * Who?** The mormons and their families.
 * What?** Mormons moved across the country moving westward.
 * Where?** The mormons were moving Westward but do not know exactly where.
 * When?** I am not sure. I believe that it was in the early 1800's
 * Why?** The mormons were moving westward to escape religious persecution.
 * How?** They traveled by covered wagon and horseback.

3.)__**What i want to know:**__ The Mormons moving westward would impact us today by spreading their own religion to different parts of the country. Maybe that was their plan.
 * Who?** Where all the mormons came from? How many were there? How many children were there?
 * What?** How long did it take them to move across westward? Did anyof them die on the way?
 * Where?** Where was the exact place they were heading?
 * When?** What exact dates did they leave and show up at their destination?
 * Why?** Why else were they moving that far?
 * How?** How did they move that quickly if they even did at all?
 * How would this impact us today?**

4.) **__My research strategy:__ Who?** I'll ask Ms. Horn and Ms. Brem for help in locationg infomation. I could ask Mrs. Brolan for more infomation about my subject. I could also ask the public librarian.
 * What?** Expert websites, databases,encyclopiedias, books, textbook.
 * When?** In class or outside of school if needed.
 * Where?** The CTMS and public library, on any other computer for online sources.
 * How?** I'll use my thesis statement and research questions to figure out what to look for and what to take notes on.


 * __Search Words:__** " Religious Pioneers" " Pioneers" "Mormons"

During the era of Westward Expansion, wherever the Mormons went they always found religious persecution.This was ironic due to the fact that America was founded upon religious freedom, so the Mormons moved west.
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The Mormons left for many reasons the biggest one was religious persecution. However, others thought badly of them for no real reason at all. "Joseph Smith and his followers called themselves Mormons in upper state New York. They were sadly persecuted by other Christians who thought their beliefs were wrong. Because they were hostile toward the Mormons, they were forced to move to Ohio and then to Missouri. In Missouri the governer hated the Mormons and said, "Mormons must be treated as enemies."(Uschan) He was one of the people who made the public change their minds about Mormons in a bad way. Many of Mormons worried about what would happen to them next after that battle. All sorts of people started to have problems with the Mormons. Then serious problems arose in the 1830's along with years of growth at the same time. All sorts of diputes broke out around communities that Mormons lived with the non-Mormons. Because of all the diputes that others had toward the Mormons, it caused them to migrate West. "The Mormons moved to Missouri though once they got there the disputes rose again. This time things got out of hand, mobs started to attack the Mormons and killed several of them."(Givens) "When things started to go bad the Mormons moved again to join other Mormons in Illinois. The Mormons tried to claim their own area, however, non-Mormons thought they did not deserve it. The non-Mormons went so far as to go to Washington and fasely report the Mormons of trying to rebel. Also because Young was a governer the goverment replaced him with a non-Mormon."(Givens) Because of the way they were treated, the Mormons were forced to move once again.

The Mormons would have to be brave because the west was unknown land and they were going to go there. People were so rude and predudiuced to the Mormons that they decided to move. However, the west held horrible suprises. They had somewhat of an idea what was out there but only what Lewis and Clark explored.They just wanted to get away from persecution. Many pioneers took that path before them and survived. "In 1846, Mormons took a route to get to Utah that would later be called the Mormon Trail. They Mormon Trail was practically based on other pioneer trails. The first settlers went by the Mormon Trail which also followed the Orgeon Trail." (Mormon Trail) Thousands of Mormons feld to Utah. Tons of families were forced to move, some even died from disease. It was a long journey and sone of the families were not ready for it.

Once there, life was not for the Mormons, even more Mormons from other places around the country came. "In the spring of 1848, Brigham Young and Heber Kimball rode at the head of another wagon train, this one made up of more than 600 wagons carrying almost 2,000 people. Soon after, Willard Richards headed a group of 169 wagons with more than 500 people. For the next 15 years, wagon trains continued to carry Latter-day Saints across the midwest plains."(Williams). Years passed and yet they were still i peace, no one else had come to Utah until a railroad was built through there. "Mormons made up most of the non-Indian settlers of the region for decades after their arrival in 1847. A steady stream of non-Mormons entered the region after 1869, however. In that year a railroad stretching from Nebraska to California was completed at Promontory, Utah ."(Utah).

Everything that happened to the Mormons was either bad or okay. After most of the Mormons moved to Utah, Young decided to send people to Europe to teach their ways. "Under Brigham Youngs direction, missionary efforts expanded to other parts of Europe and Latin America, targeting the poor of those continents. The Mormon missionaries who went to other countries taught not just the Latter-day Saints doctrine, but also about a new society that the Mormons wanted to help build, a society where all worked equally hard to enjoy a decent standard of living. The poor of England and Northern Europe liked that message. The church's biggest missionary successes were in Great Britain and Scandinavia."(Williams). The Mormons had a tough life but in the end acheived their goal, which was to let religion live. Alot of people today are Mormons and most of them live in Utah the only place the Mormons were safe from religious persecution. code code Works Cited code //The American West//. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Educational Corporaton, 1995. Print. code code Givens, Terryl L. "Mormons." //World Book Student//. Terryl L. Givens, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. code code . code code "Mormon Trail." //Encyclopaedia Britannica//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. . code code Slatta, Richard W. //Western Frontier Life//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. code code Thro, Ellen, and Andrew K. Frank. //Growing and Dividing//. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, code code 2001. Print. code code Uschan, Michael V. //Westward Expansion//. San diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2001. Print. code code "Utah ." //Britannica Concise Encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. . code code Williams, Jean Kiney. //The mormons//. Danbury, Connecticut: A Division of Grolier Publishing, 1996. code Paraphrase || No quotes or paraphrasing used. || Very few quotes or paraphrases included, no parenthetical references. || Some errors in quoting or paraphrasing and/or a few missing parenthetical references. || Several quotes and paraphrased pieces of information in each body paragraph, all with parenthetical references. || 4 ||
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i only wrote a two for that one cause there was a lot of repeated like words and a lot of mispellings but i think i fixed them all(: thats the only reason why...other than that your paper was really good!!(: <3 Kenzie <3