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Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805. He was born at Sharon, Vermont. His mom and dad names were Joseph Smith and Ludy Mark. He worked on a family farm in Vermont. In the beginning of 1820, was when Joseph first met God the Father and Jesus Christ. On April 6, 1830, he received the right to guide a church. He called other churches to teach all the things that he knew.He continues as the first elder that same day. Fourteen years later after teaching everyone what he knows he passed away on -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767. He was born on the border of North and South Carolina. Before anything big really happened to him, the British invaded where his family lived and they killed his mother and two brothers. Then, when he became a wealthy lawyer by 1812, also when the U.S and Britain went to war. He had great leadership and that is when he was known for the military hero. At first, when he wanted to become president he lost to Quincy, then he went back four years later and -
Mormons
Mormons is a term that means beliefs and practices from the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith was the one who started mormons. When people ask what mormons is about, they usually just tell them that it is them following Jesus and what he has done, just so that they don’t look bad for what they are really doing. They still believe that Jesus is their savior. Atonement allows mankind to be saved from their sins. They believe that God sent Jesus to save all ma -
Trail of Tears
In 1838-1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's indian removal policy, Cherokee were forced to give up their own and they all had to move away from the east side of the Mississippi River down to what people nowadays call Oklahoma. Cherokees called this the Trail of tears because there were many people crying because of how many deaths there were. A lot of people died do to hunger, disease, frostbite, and people just slowly giving up because they were either too old or could not walk any further. -
Brigham Young
Young was a figure of Mormonism. His career consisted of being a carpenter and a painter. He was baptized in 1832 by Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was chosen to be a leader of the Mormons and continued as president until death. He was one of the directors of the sixteen thousand Mormons on the trip from Illinois to Utah. He was the one who contracted to build telegraph line and railroads. Young was also the very first governor and superintendent of Indian affairs. -
The Alamo
On April 14, 1846, George Donner and some of his family packed up and left Springfield, IL and went to California. George later took the lead of the “Donner Party” which were emigrants who were trapped in a brutal winter. They spent five months with almost no food nor supplies with them. They were rescued in the early 1847’s but half of the people that were in the group had already passed away. Many people that were left from the group were forced into eating the other peoples bodies in order to -
Manifest Destiny
The Manifest Destiny was a term that was formed in the 1840's. It was a term of American expansion that could and would stretch from coast to coast. Manifest Destiny was first thought of by John L. O'Sullivan. It expressed the belief that the Americans were on a mission to expand their civilization across the North America. The term was taken over by people who was desired to secure Oregon territory, California, Mexican land, and Cuba. By the end of everything that was going on, it became the Na -
Donner Party
On April 14, 1846, George Donner and some of his family packed up and left Springfield, IL and went to California. George later took the lead of the “Donner Party” which were emigrants who were trapped in a brutal winter. They spent five months with almost no food nor supplies with them. They were rescued in the early 1847’s but half of the people that were in the group had already passed away. Many people that were left from the group were forced into eating the other peoples bodies in order to -
Mexican War
The Mexican war went on from April 15, 1846 through February 2, 1848. It was marked as the first conflict that was fought on foreign soil. The Mexican War was Mexico against the United States. Mexico lost about one-third of its land such as Utah, Arizona and more. The Mexican started this because the United States didn’t want anything to do with them. The Mexican government was trying to encourage border raids and any attempt to add to their land would lead to war. -
Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall had been a founder of gold in the American River. That’s what started the Gold Rush. Many people had traveled to help find more of the gold. The non-native population went up to 100,000 in California. By the time of 1852 there was a total of 2 billion dollars of metal. Also in 1852, 81 million dollars was found and then the years after that it went down to 45 million. By the end of all of this the non-native population was 380,000.
