1. How do you account for the huge territorial expansion of the
... country expanded territorially. Part of the reason for Americans spreading was to flee persecution as well as for monetary desire or will to find land. Having had their former leader Joseph Smith killed by an angry mob in Carthage, Illinois, Mormons were encouraged to move west by their new leader Brigham Young. When the Mormons settled near The Great Salt Lake in ... ...
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