Question

1.) Why did the Mormons keep moving West?

2.) What reasons did people have for disliking the Mormons?
3.) Why do you think Brigham Young chose land that nobody wanted for the new Mormon
settlement?

Answer 1

1.) Why did the Mormons keep moving West?

The Mormons, as they were commonly known, had moved west to escape religious discrimination. After the murder of founder and prophet Joseph Smith, they knew they had to leave their old settlement in Illinois. Many Mormons died in the cold, harsh winter months as they made their way over the Rocky Mountains to Utah.