PPT-Polygamy & Utah’s Struggle for Statehood

Objective Students will understand the problems facing Utah in the late 19 th century and the process and eventual success of Utahs struggle for statehood Why Become a state Rights of citizenship. The Long and Winding Road!. The Long and Bumpy Road to Statehood 13-14. 2. Road to Statehood. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo would end the Mexican War and, with it, the United States achieved one of its principal objectives: the acquisition of New Mexico and California and recognition of the Rio Grande as Texas’ Western boundary. . A Historical Perspective . Defense of Marriage Act. “The word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband and or a wife” (§ 7).. Steve Lagoon. Mormon Polygamy. Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism secretly practiced “Plural Marriage” and had at least 27 wives.. He claimed to have received a revelation instructing the practice of polygamy, section 132 of Doctrine and Covenants.. Seeking Statehood. Utah had previously applied for statehood six different times. There were many benefits to statehood:. Utahns would become full US citizens and could vote for president. Representatives in Congress could actually vote and they would gain two senators. Utah Studies. The Territory Prospers & The Struggle for Statehood. Chapter 10-The Territory Prospers. Trains were important for moving raw materials from mines to manufacturing centers.. They also carried raw material to smelters.. States and statehood in world politics . They have been the fundamental building blocks of modern world politics. They are the core political-organizational units. . Nation-states. ; the assumption is that some sort of social and economic, grass-roots ‘nation’ had either pre-existed, or been constructed from above or below and justified through nationalism, to underpin and empower state institutions and political processes. . Utah Studies. The Territory Prospers & The Struggle for Statehood. Chapter 10-The Territory Prospers. Trains were important for moving raw materials from mines to manufacturing centers.. They also carried raw material to smelters.. –. . Statehood - Group . 1. Describe the population growth from 1890 – 1907?. Analyze the Five Tribes and there struggle to join the Oklahoma Territory?. List the delegates of the State of Sequoyah?. States and statehood in world politics . They have been the fundamental building blocks of modern world politics. They are the core political-organizational units. . Nation-states. ; the assumption is that some sort of social and economic, grass-roots ‘nation’ had either pre-existed, or been constructed from above or below and justified through nationalism, to underpin and empower state institutions and political processes. . Early . Statehood. 1836-1845. DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF MAJOR ERAS IN TEXAS HISTORY. Early Statehood – (1845). Slave State. Mexican War. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Rio Grande River determined as border. Mormon Stories. With John Dehlin. Interviewing Brian C. Hales. During our second interview, your questions demonstrated . to me . that, despite the new evidences and observations regarding Joseph Smith’s polygamy…. Describe the population growth from 1890 – 1907?. Analyze the Five Tribes and there struggle to join the Oklahoma Territory?. List the delegates of the State of Sequoyah?. What was the people of Indian Territory approve on November 7, 1905 and what were they hoping for?. October 20, 2010 . Grade 9 Open Religion . HRE 10. Making Connections: Why Polygamy? . As part of the grade nine religion curriculum, we learn about the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. . 2nd Great Awakening. Second Great Awakening. Definition-. It was a religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement..