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Why Did President James Buchanan Replace Utah's Territorial Governor Brigham

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Why did President James Buchanan replace Utah's territorial governor Brigham Young with a non-Mormon appointee in 1857?


A) Brigham Young had advocated for slavery in the trans-Mississippi West.
B) Mormons had slaughtered more than 100 settlers in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
C) Brigham Young was a known polygamist.
D) It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed.
E) Under Young, Utah had granted Native Americans equal citizenship.

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