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A Nation Divided
(1840-1861)

Mormons

Mormons
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   high interest, readability grades 4 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.96

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    successful, travelers, cotton, ninth, journey, irrigation, flourish, several, government, onto, property, territory, vision, wife, against, thousand
     content words:    Salt Lake City, Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints, United States, Mexican-American War, Joseph Smith, New York, Brigham Young, Mormon Church, Rocky Mountains

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Mormons
By Cathy Pearl 		  
1     Caption: Brigham Young's cotton and woolen factories, Salt Lake City, Utah, taken in 1869.
 
2     Mormons belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This large group of people would move onto land in the West. This land became part of the United States after the Mexican-American War.
 
3     Joseph Smith started the church in the 1830s. Smith was a farmer in New York. Many people joined him in his faith. He was an energetic man. He was also popular.
 
4     Many people did not like what he said. Mormons believed that everyone together, not one person, should own property. Smith also said that a man could have more than one wife. Neighbors became very angry with Smith and the Mormons. They forced them to leave New York.
 
5     Next, they went to Ohio. People became angry with them there, too. Then they went to Missouri and then to Illinois. They started a place called Nauvoo in Illinois. Again, the Mormons and their neighbors started to fight. In 1844, a mob killed Joseph Smith. The Mormons picked Brigham Young to be their new leader.

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