Read each question carefully. Determine the best answer to t…
Read each question carefully. Determine the best answer to the question from the four answer choices provided. The Mormons moved west and, in the 1840s, built a community called Nauvoo on the banks of the Mississippi River in Illinois. Once again, the Mormons and their neighbors clashed. In 1844, an angry mob killed Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young was chosen as their new leader. Young sought a place where Mormons would be safe from persecution. He had read about a valley between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Salt Lake in Utah. He hoped that this isolated valley might make a good home for the Mormons. Why did the Mormons eventually move to Utah?