Why Did President James Buchanan Replace Utah's Territorial Governor Brigham

question 53

Multiple Choice

Why did President James Buchanan replace Utah's territorial governor Brigham Young with a non-Mormon appointee in 1857?

• A) Brigham Young had advocated for slavery in the trans-Mississippi West.
• B) Mormons had slaughtered more than 100 settlers in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
• C) Brigham Young was a known polygamist.
• D) It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed.
• E) Under Young, Utah had granted Native Americans equal citizenship.

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