4.President Sidney Rigdon - G. In a fiery and memorable sermon, this leader declared a “war of extermination” against non-Mormons.
Trick Question
The person who developed the quiz was referring to Rigdon's famous July 4, 1838 sermon where he said:
Preaching about Gentiles: "Our cheeks have been given to the smiters, and our heads to those who have plucked off the hair. We have not only, when smitten on one cheek turned the other, but we have done it again, and again, and again, until we are wearied of being smitten, and tired of being trampled upon … But from this day and hour, we will suffer it no more … and that mob that comes in us to disturb us, it shall be between us and them a war of extermination; for we will follow them til the last drop of their blood is spilled, or else they will have to exterminate us; for we will carry the seat of war to their own houses and their own families, and one party or the other shall be utterly destroyed ... We this day then proclaim ourselves free, with a purpose and a determination that never can be broken – No never! No never!! No never!!!"
However, on October 14, 1838, Joseph Smith preached:
"If the people [of Missouri] come on us to molest us, we will establish our religion by the sword. We will trample down our enemies and make it one gore of blood from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. I will be to this generation a second Mohammed, whose motto in treating for peace was ‘the Quran or the Sword.’ So shall it eventually be with us – Joseph Smith or the Sword" –History of the Church, Vol. 3, p. 167.
Further, on September 15, 1857, Brigham Young issued his proclamation wherein Utah was essentially declared independent from the United States, and was placed by Young under his martial law.
Thus Answer G applies to Men 4, 5 and 8.
If you consider the impact of their statements, Smith's sermon led to the Missouri Mormon War and the deaths of roughly two dozen individuals. Young's proclamation triggered the Utah Mormon War and the deaths of about 150 (or about 270 if you include the innocent people who perished the Mountain Meadows Massacre four days before the announcement). Rigdon's sermon, while technically in the middle of the Second Mormon Civil War with the Danites raging against both the gentiles and their fellow Mormons, did not directly lead to any known casualties. Thus it can be argued that Answer G most correctly applies to Man #8.