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Applying for Statehood

Applying for Statehood. What did the LDS Church originally want to name Utah? State of Deseret. What does Deseret mean?. In an ancient language it meant honeybee, which stood for industry. . The proposed state. The proposed state boundaries were very large.

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Applying for Statehood

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  1. Applying for Statehood

  2. What did the LDS Church originally want to name Utah? • State of Deseret

  3. What does Deseret mean? • In an ancient language it meant honeybee, which stood for industry.

  4. The proposed state • The proposed state boundaries were very large. • They included modern day San Diego, California, Nevada, parts of Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

  5. Convention • LDS leaders held a convention and wrote a constitution to set up the State of Deseret. • They appointed Brigham Young as governor and church leaders appointed themselves to top government offices.

  6. Taking it up with Washington • A few men took the constitution and petition to Washington, D.C., to apply for statehood. • The petition was turned down.

  7. Compromise of 1850 • Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser” helped come up with the Compromise of 1850. • This compromise brought a solution to the problem of slave vs free states. • The North wanted the new Western territory we had just gained from Mexico to be free states and the South wanted them to be slave states. • Make two new large territories (New Mexico and Utah) and allow them to choose to be a free or slave state by popular vote.

  8. Utah becomes a territory in 1850

  9. A New Name • Members of congress did not like the name “Deseret”. • It was said that Deseret sounded to much like a dry desertand might discourage people from moving West. • So Utah was given it’s name after the biggest tribe in the area; the Ute Indian Tribe.

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