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Why did President James Buchanan replace Utah's territorial governor Brigham Young with a non-Mormon appointee in 1857?
A) Brigham Young had advocated for slavery in the trans-Mississippi West.
B) Mormons had slaughtered more than 100 settlers in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
C) Brigham Young was a known polygamist.
D) It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed.
E) Under Young, Utah had granted Native Americans equal citizenship.
Brigham Young
An American religious leader, politician, and settler who led the Latter-day Saint movement to the Utah Territory.
Mountain Meadows Massacre
An 1857 event where members of the Mormon militia in southern Utah killed around 120 emigrants from the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
Polygamist
An individual who is married to more than one spouse at the same time, a practice allowed in some cultures and religions but illegal in many countries.
- Perceive the involvement of the federal government in the establishment and progress of the American West.
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- Perceive the involvement of the federal government in the establishment and progress of the American West.
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