Which of the following best explains what caused so many Mormons to migrate west into what is now Utah during the mid-1800s? A. Mormons had heard that there were large numbers of American Indians in Utah. They went there to convert them.

B. The government offered 640 acres of land for free to any settlers who moved to Utah. The Mormons wanted to get the free land.

C. The farmland that the Mormons lived on was exhausted. They wanted to move west to find better farmland.

D. Mormons were persecuted because of their religious beliefs. They wanted to move to where they could practice their religion freely.