ideologies Flashcards
mormons, manifest destiny, (4 cards)
who was the first mormon leader?
significance?
Joseph Smith
he said God had told him that they were allowed to practice polygamy, this got him arrested and killed
where did Brigham Young take the mormons in 1845?
significance?
the Salt Lake in Utah
it was outside US territory, until the 1848 Mexican cession, they were not allowed to become a mormon state
what are the key points of manifest destiny?
significance?
1) it was their God given right to colonise the whole of America
2) it was their duty to convert everyone to protestantism
3) it was their duty to civilise the whole of America
settlers would be following the will of God, religion was much more important to them than it is to people now
who first wrote manifest destiny?
significance?
John O’Sullivan
he assigned words to a feeling that was already acknowledged in American settlers
