Turbulent Times in
Utah Territory
Chapter 8
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class. Please dispose
of it properly!
Bell Activity
Get
out all the work you have for Utah
Studies.
Work on any incomplete portions of the study
guide including the map and essay prompt.
 Where should your backpack be?
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class. Please dispose
of it properly!
Bell Activity
Your
words are “rebellious” and
“harass”
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Find the word on your study guide and complete
the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
 Use your own knowledge and experience to complete
the rest of the definition.
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Finish the back of your Paiute video guide!
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Where should your backpack be?
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
rebellious
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/
Example:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Antonym/NonExample:
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
rebellious
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence: The rebellious teenager
Partied with his friends until 3am.
Synonym/
Antonym/NonExample: disloyal, Example: loyal ,
disobedient
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
comply
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
harass
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/
Example:
Antonym/NonExample:
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
harass
Definition:
Sentence: The Mormon militia harassed
Johnston’s
Synonym/
Antonym/NonExample: annoy, Example: sooth,
bully, torment
comfort, calm
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Today we will learn about…
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History Objective –
We will be able to
describe how the
Utah War affected
Utah.
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Behavior Objective – Work Ethic: We will stay on
task to complete our work.
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Language Objective –
We will read and listen
for important details
then write them in our
notes.
Agenda
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Read pages 150-153 with your group,
answering question i-xi on the reading guide.
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If you finish the front side of the reading guide, work
with your group to finish the Paiute video paper.
Finish your Paiute video guide, especially the
back. We will turn it in at the end of the hour.
Work on your study guide when you are
finished with the other two activities. Start with
questions 15-21, then 1-14, and finally 22- end
This is still a no gum
class. Please dispose
of it properly!
Your

Bell Activity
word is “massacre”
Find the word on your grey study guide and
complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
 Use your own knowledge and experience to complete
the rest of the definition.
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Where should your backpack be?
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this?
Word:
massacre
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/
Example:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Antonym/NonExample:
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
massacre
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition: the killing of a large number Draw a picture of it:
of people
Sentence: The tensions from the arrival
of Johnston’s army led to the massacre
of the Fancher wagon train in Utah.
Synonym/
Antonym/NonExample: mass
Example: save,
murder, slaughter preserve
Today we will learn about…

History Objective –
We will be able to
describe how the
Utah War affected
Utah.

Behavior Objective – Work Ethic: We will stay on
task to complete our work.

Language Objective –
We will read and listen
for important details
then write them in our
notes.
Turbulent Times: The Utah War
The Utah War
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Kane & Cummings
Results of the War
The Utah War
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James Buchanan
Fear and
misunderstanding,
along with rumors
from runaway officials
convinced President
Buchanan that Utah
territory was rebelling
against the U.S.
Popular sentiment was
not with the Mormons.
Rumors stir fears among Utahns
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When word arrived that an
army was coming to Utah
Territory, fear and
memories of previous
persecution filled the LDS
community.
Orders were issued to
protect the people of Utah
and plan what to do when
the army arrived.
Fortifications created by the Utah
militia in Echo Canyon.
A Wagon Train
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Route of the Fancher Wagon Train
Wagon trains now
regularly stopped in
Salt Lake City to
restock on their way to
California and other
destinations.
The Fancher Party
was just such a group
traveling through Utah
at the wrong time.
An Atmosphere of Fear
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The Fanchers received a hostile reception from
the typically friendly Mormons.
They continued on their way to California, but
never reached their destination.
One of the memorials at the massacre site.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Aftermath
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John D. Lee
The massacre was
blamed on the Paiutes
at first.
Later John D. Lee was
tried and executed for
the massacre.
He was the only
perpetrator to be
punished for the
crime.
Thomas Kane & Alfred Cummings
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Kane traveled to Utah to
investigate the situation.
He worked with the new
territorial governor, Alfred
Cummings, to find a
peaceful solution.
They agreed that
Johnston’s Army would
stay in Utah, but would not
be in Salt Lake City.
Thomas Kane
Camp Floyd
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Johnston’s Army marching through
Salt Lake City.
Near Fairfield, the army
built Camp Floyd.
The Mormons moved back
to their homes and
businesses.
Soon more outsiders
came to sell to the soldiers
and the LDS community.
The days of isolation were
over. The people of Utah
had to come to terms with
non-Mormons in the area.
Part of the “Wild West”
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The soldiers were not
welcome in Utah, but they
helped Utah in some
ways.
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Cash & jobs
Auctions of army surplus
Animals & crops
Other effects were not as
pleasant.
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Gambling
Cattle rustlers & outlaws
prostitution
Photograph of Camp Floyd
The Soldier Leave for the Civil War
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After about three years,
the Civil War began in the
east and Johnston’s army
was recalled.
Many of the soldiers who
were stationed there
fought each other in the
war.
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Soldiers at Camp Floyd
At least 98 became
general in the war.
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50, including Johnston,
fought for the South
48 for the North
Governor Cummings Leaves
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Cummings tried to work
with the Mormon
community while
upholding the law.
A few months before the
soldiers departed, he and
his family left Utah.
“A community is seldom
seen more marked by
quiet and peaceable
diligence, than that of the
Mormons.” -Cummings
Governor Cummings
The Outcome of the Utah War
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Foundations of the SLC Temple
From 1847-1857, few
people besides the
Mormons and Indians
lived in the Utah Territory.
With the Utah War, ever
greater numbers of people
with diverse backgrounds
began to came to the
state.
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Soldiers, merchants,
suppliers, miners,
railroaders & other
religious denominations.
“A Peculiar People”
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The Utah war also had an impact
on the territory’s relationship with
the rest of the nation.
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Although many of the rumors that
were spread turned out to be false,
others (especially those about
polygamy) were true.
The rest of the nation thought
that Utahns were different at
best, rebellious at worst.
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It would take four decades and a
lot of work for Utah to at last
achieve statehood.
Salt Lake City with a partially
completed temple.
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class. Please dispose
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Your

Bell Activity
word is “diverse”
Find the word on your grey study guide and
complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
 Use your own knowledge and experience to
complete the rest of the definition.
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this?
Word:
diverse
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/
Example:
Antonym/NonExample:
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this?
Word:
diverse
Definition: differing from one another
Sentence: MLMS is a diverse school,
with students from many different
backgrounds.
Synonym/
Antonym/NonExample: varied; Example: similar,
multicultural
homogenous
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
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Bell Activity
quietly for your counties
test.
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