Question

What was the main purpose of the Mormon Trail?
To transport cotton to the South
To reach California for gold mining
To trade with Mexican merchants
To escape religious persecution

Answer 1

The main purpose of the Mormon Trail was **to escape religious persecution**. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, traveled the trail in the mid-1800s to find a place where they could practice their religion freely, ultimately leading them to settle in the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.