UTAH FINAL (100% Correct)

Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (1862) correct answers -DEF: 1862s. tried to block polygamy. Prescribed a $500 fine and 5 years imprisonment for anyone convicted of having more than one spouse at a time -SIG: disrupted Mormon polygamist families. Representative of govt's effort to control Mormons/keep them from going to far in practicing their religion. Liberal Party 1870 correct answers -DEF: 1870 A convention of Protestants, Catholics, Jews and Godbeites who were dedicated to correcting abuses and replacing the Mormon priesthood with government. They were named the liberal party because they were like the liberals that fought against slavery except against polygamy -SIG: shows the polarity in UT politics. Shows the influence religion has on UT politics. James B McKean 1870s correct answers -DEF: 1870s A chief justice from New York who was known for hating Mormons. He excluded all believers in polygamy (so any practicing Mormons) from the grand jury in Utah and carried a crusade to painful excesses thinking he could get Mormons to obey the law. -SIG: Showed the averse attitude toward polygamy. US feelings toward Mormons, wanting to reign them in Reynolds decision 1879 correct answers -DEF: 1879 George Reynolds, BY's secretary. Convicted on 2nd wife's testimony. Escaped prison on technicality. -SIG:example of anti-polygamy laws in action. Shows that not all polygamists' families were willing to go to such great lengths to protect their husbands/fathers. Also showed the power the law had over polygamy. Women's Protest Rallies of January 1870 correct answers -DEF: A protest lead by Eliza R Snow and Sarah M kimball in which they they demanded the right to voted. They were committed to the LDS church, religious liberty and polygamy and protested Cullom Bill that would deny women the privilege of choosing a husband. -SIG: Showed the organizational and oratorical power of women in Utah. Women's Suffrage 1860s correct answers -DEF: Utah women second to receive vote in 1860s. later taken away during anti-polygamy movement. -SIG:Utah women used this to show that they were not backward or demeaned by being LDS. Non-Mormons said this was a band-aid approach to issues and sometimes criticized Utah women for simply voting like their husbands did. Charlotte Ives Cobb Godbe 1879 correct answers -DEF: (divorced in 1879) One of William Godbe's plural wives who retained her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints even after her husband was excommunicated. -SIG: She worked her entire life on women's suffrage. She was proof that Mormon women were not subjected to their husbands and their opinions. While her husband was frequently teaching against the church, Charlotte was actively promoting it while defending women of her faith.