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Chapter 7 Study Guide
Exploring the Valley/ Building a New Home in the West
1. List the 3 most important tasks facing the pioneers once they arrived.
· ______
· ______
· ______
2. On July 25th men had ______up City ______. Flooded some ground at today’s ______South and East ______Streets. And planted ______.
3. By July 31st the ______was two ______tall.
4. By December the pioneers had planted ______acres of ______.
Laying Out Salt Lake City
5. Salt Lake City was based on the grid system used in ______, Illinois.
6. Why did the streets have to be so wide? ______
The First Winter
7. The first winter, weather was relatively ______, but food was ______, with ______vegetables and too little flour. Some ______were left to provide ______and others were killed to provide ______.
Crickets and Seagulls
8. What rescued the settlers from the cricket plague? ______
Gold Is Discovered in California
9. What did thousands of people go to California to find? ______
A Great Gathering/ Foreign Immigrants/ Perpetual Emigration Fund
10. List at least 2 reasons why Brigham Young wanted more people to come to the Great Basin.
· ______
· ______
11. List 3 reasons why immigrants from other countries came to America during the 1840s-1850s.
· ______
· ______
· ______
12. The Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF) was a fund that was built up by donations of ______, ______, ______, and food from ______.
Called to Settle a New Place/ Reasons for Settlements
13. Brigham Young often “______” people to settle different places in Utah.
14. What jobs did most communities want? ______
15. Give 2 reasons why some towns were started.
· ______
· ______
16. What was the main occupation of most people? ______.
Patterns of Mormon Settlements/ A Unique Lifestyle/ Settlement Problems
17. Settlements followed the following Pattern:
· Streets were laid in a ______pattern and had ______streets with irrigation ______besides them.
· City blocks were ______.
· City square in the ______of town with ______beyond.
18. List and briefly explain 4 main settlement problems:
· ______
· ______
· ______
· ______
Plural Marriage/ Food and Clothes/ Celebrations/ Let’s Dance!
19. List some the common foods people in early Utah ate: ______
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20. During the first 2 decades of settlement the people were hungry much of the time. T F
21. Early settlers easily got new clothes when their old were worn out. T F
22. What were some of things young people did for fun? ______
The Proposed State of Deseret (Pages 136-139)
23. What does the word “Deseret” mean, and what does it stand for? ______
24. Why did Congress not like the name “Deseret”? ______
25. US President ______appointed ______as the first governor of the territory.
26. Handcarts were used because they were less expensive and didn’t need animals. T F
27. Draw a simple picture of a handcart: