Military History of Utah

What action by President James Buchanan precipitated the 1857 standoff between the Mormons and the United States federal government known as the Utah War?

• Re-routed railroad around Utah
• Replaced Brigham Young as governor of Utah
• Sold off Utah's mining rights
• Ceded part of Utah to Sioux tribes
• Tried to make Utah a slave state

The Native-American warrior Black Hawk -- who led a coalition of tribes in a series of raids against Mormon settlers from 1865-68 -- was a member to what tribe?

• Navajo
• Shoshoni
• Paiute
• Cherokee
• Utes

What Utah militia -- long the protector of the Mormons -- was officially replaced by the Utah National Guard in 1894?

• Soldiers of the Covenant
• Nauvoo Legion
• Sons of Daniel
• Culpepper Minutemen
• Freemen Battalion