TIMELINE:Struggle for Statehood

1849

Utah first asks to become a state

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1862Morrill Anti-Bigamy

Act: Law that says you can only be married to one person at a time and that churches in territories can’t own more than $50,000 worth of property*not heavily enforcedhttp://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/blog/wp-content/uploads/

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1870Women granted

right to vote in territorial elections

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1878Polygamy declared

illegal by U.S. Supreme Court

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1882Edmunds Act:

Polygamy is punishable by 5 years in jail and a $500 fine. Polygamists could not hold political office, be on a jury, or vote. http://mormonthink.com/img/poly1.jpg

1887Edmunds-Tucker

Act: Vote taken from all women and all polygamist men, disbanded the local military, and took all LDS Church property. To use the buildings, the church had to pay rent.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Provo_Tabernacle.jpeg

1890Manifesto

Presented: Official declaration from LDS church that ended any new polygamist marriages.

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1895Utah Constitutional Convention: Delegates met together and created a state constitution which guaranteed religious freedom, forbade polygamy, and gave women the right to votehttp://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/exhibits/Statehood/

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January 4, 1896

Utah becomes the 45th state!

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