A very good interview with a historian on the origins of the Mormon Church, its early history in America and comments about the issue of dissent with the Church.

You can watch the PBS series on the Mormons. It is in 2 segments, part one is on the history of the Church and part 2 is on the current day church it practices, how it has changed and more. The two shows are 2 hours long and are available in Windows Media Player or Quicktime.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Identify similarities and differences among utopian groups of the antebellum era
Explain how religious utopian communities differed from nonreligious ones

This resource looks at Mormon immigration into the state of Utah during the 19th century.