Northwest Ordinance and Territorial Rights

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 said that people within the territory had all of the following rights EXCEPT...

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To own slaves

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By winning what war did the U.S. gain the land from the Atlantic in the east to the Mississippi River in the West?

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The Revolutionary War

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When a territory gained _______ free adult people, it could write a Constitution and apply to the U.S. government to become a state

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60,000

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Why did Thomas Jefferson want to make new states out of the Northwest Territory?

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So existing states won't fight over the land

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The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...

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that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.

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What was the document that contained the first "rules" for government in the United States? Options: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Confederation, Articles of Independence

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Articles of Confederation

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How many people were required to live in a territory before it could elect a legislature?

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5000

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The Northwest Ordinance said that slavery was illegal in the Northwest Territory

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True

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In order to become a state, territories had to have which of the following? Options: $1,000,000, 5000 people, 60,000 free men, slaves

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60,000 free men

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After an area in the Northwest Territory reached 5,000 free, adult, white, men, they could elect a __________.

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legislature