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2011Bell Ringer:

HONORS1. If you could name your

own state or country what would it be called?• WHY?????• Share Out with Partner

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2011Bell Ringer:

1. If you could name your own state or country what would it be called?• WHY?????• Class Share out

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November 7, 2011Page 136

“The Proposed State of Deseret”

Within a few years of coming to Utah, LDS Church leaders held a convention and wrote a constitution to set up the State of Deseret. They chose the word “Deseret” because in an ancient language it meant honeybee, which stood for industry. The boundaries of the proposed state were large, and even included San Diego, California, on the Pacific Coast. Church leaders appointed themselves to top government offices, with Brigham Young as governor. Men took their constitution and petition to Washington, D.C., to apply for statehood. The petition was turned down.

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2011Vocabulary:

1. Propose: to offer or suggest

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2011Vocabulary:

2. Petition: to make a formal request

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2011Vocabulary:

3. Compromise: to make an agreement by sacrifice on both sides

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2011Vocabulary:

4. Massacre: the killing of a large number of people

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2011Vocabulary:

5. Animosity: bitter hostility; active hatred

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2011Vocabulary:

6. Diverse: differing from one another

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2011Vocabulary:

7. Immunity: a condition of being able to resist a certain disease

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2011A STATE OR A TERRITORY?PRIVILEGES Territory State

Vote for President of Country

Choose Local Officials

Make Local Laws

Representatives can vote in Congress

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2011A STATE OR A TERRITORY?PRIVILEGES Territory State

Vote for President of Country

NO YES

Choose Local Officials PART YES

Make Local Laws PART YES

Representatives can vote in Congress

NO YES