​Which of the Following Events Prompted the Mormons to Abandon

question 36

Multiple Choice

​Which of the following events prompted the Mormons to abandon their settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois and set out West to the valley of the Great Salt Lake?  

• A) Continuing vicious hostility by non-Mormon Americans including the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother
• B) ​A vision by the Mormon angel Moroni to Brigham Young of a peaceful, bountiful, and safe refuge in the valley of the Great Salt Lake
• C) The expectation that a lush, easily arable western enviornment awaited the Mormons in present-day Utah, which would not require or expensive and technologically sophisticated irrigation to grow crops
• D) A generous land grant by the federal government
• E) ​All of these choices are correct.

---

Definitions:

Physical Things

Objects or substances that have a tangible presence and can be perceived through the senses.

Attribution Theory

A psychological theory that attempts to explain how individuals determine the causes of others' behavior, attributing it to internal dispositions or to external situations.

Lazy

Characterized by a lack of effort or unwillingness to expend energy in tasks.

Slow Shifts

Gradual changes or movements towards a different state or condition.