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Through this change Congress was able to recognize that they can't prohibit any form of religious exercise. Due to that the first amendment was emphasized as part of the Constitution, and continued to be one of the most important amendments today.

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Mormonism is a widely practiced religion today.

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Emerged from religious ferment
-families of Puritan descent

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-Published The Book of Mormon
-Organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
-Sought to restore  primitive Christianity, as well as moral perfection within society
-arrested and killed in Nauvoo, Illinois

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-Due to unorthodox religious views Mormons faced hostility
-Brigham led polygamist faction of Mormons into Mexican lands
-Settled in basin of Great Salt Lake

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-Chosen leader of Mormons after founder's murder
-Directed the migration of 16,000 Mormons from Illinois to Utah

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A religious utopia, in which conservative, close-knit communities believe in the restoration of Christianity and the Church as established by Joseph Smith Jr