In 1846, brigham young led hundreds of mormons from nauvoo, illinois, to the great salt lake valley in what is now the state of utah. there, he established salt lake city. within the next few years, the population of salt lake city grew, and there were more than ten thousand mormons living in the city by 1852. which of the following best explains why the mormons moved to salt lake city?

saint clair’s defeat, (november 4, 1791), one of the worst defeats ever suffered by u.s. forces in indian warfare, precipitated by british-indian confrontation with settlers and militia in the northwest territory following the american revolution. despite specific provisions in the treaty of 1783 for the evacuation of its forts on the northwestern border, britain had failed to yield these lucrative fur-trading posts. in hopes of reclaiming lost hunting grounds with british support, a northwest indian confederation was gradually molded between 1785 and 1787, consisting mainly of shawnee, delaware, ottawa, iroquois, ojibwa, miami, and potawatomi. kentucky frontiersmen reacted to this threat by initiating raiding parties on native villages as early as 1788, and indian warfare flared up the following year.

the answer is the ku klux klan