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General History · Question

Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?

Answer

Mormonism

The story behind the answer

Mormonism is correct because Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 in upstate New York. He reported visions of God and Jesus and said the angel Moroni directed him to golden plates, which he translated as the Book of Mormon—the faith’s foundational scripture.

Context: Early Latter-day Saints faced persecution, moving from New York to Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; Smith was killed in 1844, and Brigham Young later led the

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