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Mormons
The Mormons had different beliefs than other religions. They believed that they must not drink or consume alcohol, coffee, tobacco, and tea. The Mormons practiced polygamy, they believed Jesus Christ was once one. Having multiple spouses was something the Mormons thought would give them eternal salvation. They offended many with their practices and soon was kicked out of Ohio, then Missouri. Being kicked out of those states made the Mormons lead to The Mormon War. This is a picture of early Morm -
Andrew Jackson (Involvement in Native American Removal)
Andrew Jackson earned the title as a treaty negotiator and an Indian fighter. Andrew became president in 1829, which lead him to proceed his plan of the Indian Removal Act and to get new territory for the nation. The act itself allowed for the Cherokee Indians to be removed by the U.S. military. The Cherokee were forced to walk away from their homeland in Georgia to land in Oklahoma territory with little to no vegetation. Most died during the walk, from starvation and disease. This is known as T -
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was chosen to be the leader of the Latter Day Saints after the assassination of Joseph Smith. Young was a politician and a settler of the Western United States. He began his actual career as a carpenter and painter but then directed migration of 16,000 Mormons from Illinois to Utah. In 1851, Brigham Young became the governor of the territory he lead them to. Young was contracted for the national expansion of telegraph and railroad lines while he was also superintendent of Indian a -
The Alamo
Thousands of Mexican led by Santa Anna, February 23,1836, began a siege on the forts. The Alamo's only had about two hundred. The commanders of the Alamo's, James Bowie and William Travis didn't always agree on the same thing. They were defeated by the Mexicans after thirteen days. During the "war" Santa Anna told his men not to take anyone as a prisoner, only a small amount of Texans were spared. The Mexican forces also suffered heavily in the battle of the Alamo losing six-hundred and one-thou -
Trail of Tears
The beginning of the 1830's over 100,000 Native Americans were spread out across Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. The federal government forced the Native Americans to move and walk thousands miles out of their homeland that was passed down to them through generations. They were "assigned" a place to walk to. White men were threatened by the Natives. George Washington believed the best way to end the fears of the white men was to civilize the Native Americans. The pictu -
Joseph Smith (In relations to the Mormons)
Joseph Smith was born into a poor family but still made great accomplishments. Joseph smith the first president and founder of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." He lead the church until June 1844. The church grew rapidly with his leadership. Joseph Smith was the husband to many women and the dad to many children. He had a total of 34 wives. The first was names Emma Hale. Smith was also a leader over many other things such as news paper editor, mayor, judge, businessman, and comm -
Manifest Destiny
The 19th century doctrine and expansion of the U.S.,went from coast to coast around 1845. The attitude of the Manifest Destiny "helped Western Settlement, Native American Removal , and War with Mexico. The process of the expansion across North America involved Liberty and each individual economic opportunities. The Manifest Destiny "spirit of nationalism that the nation of the next two decades demanded for more territory." The picture is a description of the Manifest Destiny and the difference -
Donner Party
The Donner party was led by the brothers Jacob and George Donner, a group of about 90 emigrants left Springfield Illinois and headed west. Lansford Hasting had route that was suppose to be faster than the original one the Donners were going to take. Hastings had never taken this route himself. The fastest way, Hastings Route, was supposed to take two days but ended up taking six days. Once the Donners climbed the high Seirra Ridges they got caught in huge snow drifts. They were soon facing star -
Mexican War
The first U.S. armed conflict fought on foreign soil was marked by Mexican-American War. The Mexican government encouraged border attacks and warned that attempts at invasion would lead to war. Border engagements along the Rio Grande started off the fight and led the U.S. to many victories after. After everything had calmed down after the war, Mexico lost about one third of its territory. They lost Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and nearly all of present-day California. This is a picture of t -
Gold Rush
In 1848, there was a discovery of gold nuggets in Sacramento valley that led to the gold rush. Thousand of people from the U.S. traveled by sea and over land giving up their life savings and leaving their families behind to go to California in search of gold. Non-native population of California territory had rapidly increased to 100,000 people. In 1852 the worth of the precious metals found had a total of two billion dollars. The gold in California started to disappear even as miners arrived aft
