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Chapter 11: The Struggle for Statehood. Polygamy in the Territory of Utah. Bell Activity. This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!. Your words are “confiscate” & “verdict” Find the word on your tan study guide and complete the following information for the word.
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Chapter 11: The Struggle for Statehood Polygamy in the Territory of Utah
Bell Activity This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! • Your words are “confiscate” & “verdict” • Find the word on your tan 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. • Where should your backpack be?
This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! Bell Activity • Take out a piece of paper. Put your name, hour, and today’s date on it. • Write the title “Utah: The Struggle For Statehood 5” on it. • Write “Brother Brigham (II)” on the first line. Then count down 5 more lines. • Add the rest of these titles following the same pattern: • The Principle • “I Will Obey God” • The Crackdown – 16:28 • The Worthy Men • The Underground • The Solution • The Lobby • The Raids • Heaven and Earth • Where should your backpack be?
Bell Activity This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! • Your word is “comply” • Find the word on your tan 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. • Where should your backpack be?
Today we will learn… • History Objective – We will be able to describe some of the reasons why it took Utah nearly 50 years to become a state. • Language Objective – We will read a section of the book with a partner, and answer questions with the information we learn. • Behavior Objective – Work Ethic and Collaboration
Simple Summaries - • Look at question #2 in your study guide. • To complete this question, you need to write a simple summary of each paragraph you read. • Start with the key word for each topic. • After the key word, write what the Mormons thought about the topic you read about. • Then write a description of what non-Mormons thought about the same topic. • These should be opposite ideas. Work with your group on this activity for 15 minutes. If you finish #2, work on questions 1 & 3.
Example - Unity • Unity – (Mormon point of view) (non-Mormon point of view) • Work with your group on this activity for 15 minutes. If you finish #2, work on questions 1 & 3.
Bell Activity This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! • Your words are “suffrage” & “oppressed” • Find the word on your white 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. • Where should your backpack be?
Today we will learn… • History Objective – We will be able to describe the role polygamy played in delaying Utah’s statehood, and the effects anti-polygamy laws had on the people of Utah. • Language Objective – We will listen to the presentation and write down the important details from it that will help us understand this topic. • Behavior Objective – Work Ethic
In the Court of Public Opinion • Victorian America was shocked and fascinated by stories of polygamy. • Many supposedly “true stories” about life in the polygamist Mormon society were published in books. • Even the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was about the scandalous subject. • Public personalities, like Mark Twain, traveled to Utah on the new railroad to see and write about the locals.
Punishing Federal Laws • When the Republican party came to power during the Civil War, they used their position to fulfill their campaign promises to eliminate the “twins of barbarism - slavery and polygamy” in the territory. • Over the next 25 years, legislation was passed to punish polygamists and the LDS Church.
The Laws • The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (1862) made being married to more than one person at a time a crime. • It also limited the amount of property a church in the territories could own. • The Edmunds Act (1882) stated that polygamy was punishable by five years in prison and $500 fine. • Polygamists could not hold political office, serve on juries or vote. • The Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) took away suffrage from all Utah women and polygamist men. • Abolished the militia and confiscated all the property of the LDS Church.
The Underground • When the Edmunds Act was passed, some polygamists went to prison. • The law caused many polygamist men and women to go into hiding through out the Utah Territory. • Others went to eastern states, Canada, Europe, and Mexico.
Polygamy Goes to Court • Members of the Mormon Church believed that polygamy was protected under the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. • The test was Reynolds v. United States. • The court ruled that, while religious beliefs were protected, religious practice was subject to the laws of the land.
Cohabs and Informers • Federal Officials were sent to Utah to conduct “cohab hunts.” • Informants were paid $20 for each polygamist who was arrested as a result of their information. • Many men went to prison rather than abandon their families.
The Passing of LDS Leaders • In 1877, Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City. • John Taylor became the president of the LDS Church. • He told polygamist men that it was better to go underground than go to prison. • Taylor died in hiding in 1887.
Woman’s Suffrage • People who heard the stories of polygamy, true and false, thought that Mormon women were oppressed. • Many believed that if Utah women could vote, they would end polygamy in Utah Territory themselves. • Only Wyoming women had the vote before Utahns.
Women’s Suffrage Revoked • When it became clear that the women of Utah were not turning on polygamy, the Edmunds-Tucker Act took away their right to vote. • Utah women remained actively involved in the women’s rights movement that eventually resulted in female suffrage at a national level.
The Manifesto • As the end of the 19th century approached, it became clear to the Mormon community that they would never be able to live their religion as they believed they should. • Church President Wilford Woodruff issued a Manifesto that advised LDS church members to not enter into any more polygamist marriages.
Polygamy and the LDS Church Today • The official LDS church has not practiced polygamy since the Manifesto. • A second Manifesto in 1904 made polygamy an excommunicatable action in the LDS church. • Splitter groups, such as the FLDS Church, still practice polygamy.
A Roadblock Removed • This eliminated one of the last roadblocks to Utah becoming a state. • However, Utah still needed to convince the rest of the nation that they were ready to become full citizens of the nation.