Besides their practice of polygamy, the Mormons aroused hostility from many Americans because of
a. their cooperative economic practices that ran contrary to American economic individualism.
b. their efforts to convert members of other denominations to Mormonism.
c. their populous settlement in Utah , which posed the threat of a breakaway republic in the West.
d. their practice of baptizing the dead without the permission of living relatives.
e. the political ambitions of their leaders Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
Answer: A