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When the Mormons migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah (in part of the American westward expansion) to establish a community, they left a country-wide legacy of the belief that emphasizes of people reuniting with their ancestors from the past. This also influenced a development of agricultural use in the West.

Another form of impact is how Brigham Young and his followers developed a community that developed skilled pioneers which then influenced ‘Pioneer Day’. ‘Pioneer Day’ is recognized in Utah to acknowledge the bravery and strength that the many Mormon settlers had when trying to escape persecution.

Mormonism became successful becoming one of the fastest growing religions in America (by 1845, it garnered 40,000 believers. By 1870, it later increased to 120,000 believers).

All in all, the Mormons have accomplished their goal of creating a solid community and continues to do so by using more technological methods such as advertisement on the internet and networks such as Youtube. Although, they have and are going to lead more imprints of their religion in history, they haven't succeeded in making their community be a model ideal for others. This is all due to the fact that their beliefs and policies in their religion are outdated and negative treatment of anyone that is not a white male.

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What is Mormonism? What Do Mormons Believe?

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Joseph Smith founded Mormonism by publishing the translation of the golden tablets he found in the hills of New York onto the Book of Mormon

In his earlier years, Joseph Smith was raised in a family where his father's side are New England farmers while his mother came from Connecticut and believed Seekerism more than Congregationalism. Due to this, although his family was religious, they had differing views which led young Joseph to be in a state on confusion about who to turn to and which church to go to pray to god.

Joseph Smith had his first encounter with God when he was 14, in which God and Jesus came to him to answer his question on which church was the right church, telling him that all the churches surrounding him were wrong.

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To establish a religious community that contrasted with the urban and modern ideas of the Industrial Revolution, making their beliefs in favor of patriarchy and the white race, as well as a trying to set an ideal model, from their perspective, for other communities

Continuously tried to create their "New Jerusalem" and therefore is evangelical, but faced persecution from communities nearby

Mormons tried to settle in the Midwest, specifically Nauvoo, Illinois, Independence, Missouri, and Kirtland, Ohio, but decided to leave once an angry mob killed Joseph Smith who was in jail. From Illinois, 12,000 people moved to Utah with the guidance of their new leader Brigham Young, making the migration one of the biggest of a single group in American history. Utah became their last settlement and their presence is especially concentrated in the present day Salt Lake City, Utah.